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- All-you-can-eat study shows body copes well with one-off calorie indulgence https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/all-you-can-eat-pizza-study-shows-body-copes-surprisingly-well-with-one-off-calorie-indulgence/ 85 comments
- Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-polystyrene-recycling-process-could-be-worlds-first-to-be-both-economical-and-energy-efficient/ 29 comments science
- Analysis of existing research has found mindfulness to be highly effective at reducing worry, stress, anxiety, and helping people to live healthier, happier lives. The benefits for mental and physical health from mindfulness were found in people with and without health issues https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/combine-mindfulness-with-exercise-for-mental-health-boost-in-2024-study/ 61 comments science
- VR users need an emotional connection to virtual worlds, not better graphics: being wowed by powerful graphics is not enough for a person to feel fully immersed in a virtual-reality (VR) world – a strong emotional response to the simulated environment is essential too https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/vr-users-need-an-emotional-connection-to-virtual-worlds-not-better-graphics-study-finds/ 20 comments science
- Deep space: Massive light burst detected on Earth came from Infant Universe https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/deep-space-massive-light-burst-detected-on-earth-came-from-infant-universe/ 248 comments science
- Plant-based meat ‘healthier and more sustainable than animal products’, new study shows https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/plant-based-meat-healthier-and-more-sustainable-than-animal-products-new-study/ 198 comments upliftingnews
- Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption in January 2022 was unique in observed science in both its magnitude and speed, and in the range of the fast-moving gravity and atmospheric waves it created. Waves reverberated around Earth, reaching 100km into the ionosphere. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/powerful-tonga-volcano-eruption-triggered-atmospheric-gravity-waves-reaching-the-edge-of-space/ 4 comments science
- Music is key to converting consumers good intentions to actual purchases in ethical markets. Major mode music is effective in reducing the attitude-behaviour gap by 40% to 50%.. Findings held true regardless of consumers’ music background and for any type of green product being advertised. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/music-is-key-to-converting-consumers-good-intentions-to-actual-purchases-in-ethical-markets/ 8 comments science
- Largest study to date reveals stark changes in brain structure for people with anorexia https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/largest-study-to-date-reveals-stark-changes-in-brain-structure-for-people-with-anorexia/ 2 comments science
- Scientists make plastic more degradable under UV light. They found that incorporating as little as three per cent sugar polymer units into PLA led to 40% degradation within six hours of exposure to UV light. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/scientists-make-plastic-more-degradable-under-uv-light/ 38 comments science
- The UK public is likely to take the COVID-19 pandemic less seriously once restrictions are lifted. Lockdown in itself was a primary reason why so many people were willing to abide by the rules from the start – believing the threat must be severe if the government imposes such drastic measures. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/uk-public-view-covid-19-as-a-threat-because-of-lockdowns-new-study-suggests/ 11 comments science
- Pupils can learn more effectively through stories than activities https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/pupils-can-learn-more-effectively-through-stories-than-activities/ 5 comments science
- Cannabis strength soars over past half century - new study https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/cannabis-strength-soars-over-past-half-century-new-study/ 4 comments science
- The first ever analysis of its kind for gentoo penguins combines genetic and physical differences of populations indicates they should be treated as four separate species. Whilst the gentoo penguin species look very similar, they have adapted to live in very different habitats. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/gentoo-penguins-are-four-species-not-one-say-scientists/ 3 comments science
- Research highlights sustained efforts from the food and drinks industry to oppose public health measures aimed to tackling heart disease, cancer and diabetes. NCDs, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, account for over 70% for global death and disability https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/study-highlights-systematic-opposition-to-regulation-in-tackling-ncds-from-food-industry/ 1413 comments science
- Coronavirus and the imposition of lockdown this year ‘significantly raised’ mental health challenges, particularly so for the most vulnerable groups, including those shielding, according to the first study to look at people’s coping styles in face of the pandemic. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/lockdown-study-reports-surge-in-health-anxieties/ 13 comments science
- Positive thinking has long been extolled as the route to happiness, but a new study shows that realists enjoy a greater sense of long-term wellbeing than optimists https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/time-to-get-real-on-the-power-of-positive-thinking-new-study/ 259 comments science
- Husbands are least stressed when their wives earn up to 40% of household income but they become increasingly uncomfortable as their spouse's wages rise beyond that point and are most stressed when they are entirely economically dependent on their partner https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/husbands-stress-increases-if-wives-earn-more-than-40-per-cent-of-household-income-new-research/ 4 comments science
- Scientists at the University of Bath have developed a chemical recycling method that breaks down plastics into their original building blocks, potentially allowing them to be recycled repeatedly without losing quality. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-way-of-recycling-plant-based-plastics-instead-of-letting-them-rot-in-landfill/ 465 comments science
- Study suggests across fundamental human values, those who voted to leave the EU and those who voted to remain share much in common. 90% of the time the two groups agree on important topics including poverty, climate change, housing, life satisfaction and the importance of communities. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/remainers-and-leavers-more-united-than-divided-study-finds/ 4 comments science
- Husbands are least stressed when their wives earn up to 40% of household income but they become increasingly uncomfortable as their spouse's wages rise beyond that point and are most stressed when they are entirely economically dependent on their partner https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/husbands-stress-increases-if-wives-earn-more-than-40-per-cent-of-household-income-new-research/ 5221 comments science
- Ordinary people see beauty in complex mathematical arguments in the same way they can appreciate a beautiful landscape painting or a piano sonata - and you don't need to be a mathematician to get it, a new study has revealed. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/people-can-see-beauty-in-complex-mathematics-study-shows/ 24 comments science
- Cigarette smoke can make MRSA superbug more drug-resistant. Lab based experiments show that cigarette smoke can cause changes to DNA and characteristics of pathogenic microbes. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/cigarette-smoke-makes-mrsa-superbug-bacterium-more-drug-resistant/ 80 comments science
- Researchers reveal lack of evidence for drugs prescribed to treat chronic pain in children. For adults with chronic pain, 300,000 patients have been studied in hundreds of individual randomised control trials. Yet only 393 children have participated in just six trials ever undertaken. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/researchers-reveal-lack-of-evidence-for-drugs-prescribed-to-treat-chronic-pain-in-children/ 3 comments science
- Astronomers make first detection of polarised radio waves in Gamma Ray Burst jets. The polarisation signature reveals magnetic fields in the universe's most powerful explosions to be much more patchy and tangled than first thought. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/astronomers-make-first-detection-of-polarised-radio-waves-in-gamma-ray-burst-jets/ 3 comments science
- Research has found that having more autistic tendencies was linked to lower empathy, even after factoring in alexithymia. Using computerised simulations, in advanced statistics used for the very first time in the history of autism research https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/autism-linked-to-less-empathy-in-general-population-but-that-may-not-be-a-bad-thing/ 4 comments science
- More unites us than divides us’ say researchers New research suggests that people are much more united in their beliefs and values than media reporting would suggest. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/more-unites-us-than-divides-us-say-researchers/ 66 comments moderatepolitics
- ‘More unites us than divides us’ - New research based on data from over 60 countries and 140,000 people suggests that people are much more united in their beliefs and values than media reporting would suggest. This narrative may be perpetuated and seized upon by politicians to sow divisions. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/more-unites-us-than-divides-us-say-researchers/ 1228 comments science
- It pays to be pessimistic, suggests new research into entrepreneurs. A new study suggests that optimistic thinking is leading people to set up businesses that are doomed to fail, finding that business owners with above average optimism earned some 30% less than those with below average optimism. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/it-pays-to-be-pessimistic-shows-new-research-into-entrepreneurs/ 77 comments science
- Two new studies from Tobacco Control Research Group expose evidence that big tobacco companies are still facilitating tobacco smuggling, while attempting to control a global system designed to prevent it and funding studies that routinely overestimate levels of tobacco smuggling. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-research-uncovers-one-of-the-tobacco-industrys-greatest-scams/ 7 comments science
- Myth that strenuous exercise suppresses the immune system is busted http://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/research-debunks-myth-that-strenuous-exercise-suppresses-the-immune-system/ 5 comments science
- Bloodless revolution in diabetes monitoring - Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test. http://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/bloodless-revolution-in-diabetes-monitoring/ 5 comments technology
- Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test, via a graphene-based platform, potentially removing the need for millions of diabetics to frequently carry out the painful and unpopular tests. http://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/bloodless-revolution-in-diabetes-monitoring/ 28 comments science
- Evolution acceptance in children linked to aptitude, not belief. In contrast to adults, acceptance of evolution in schoolchildren in the UK is linked to their scientific aptitude rather than conflicts with belief systems. http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/news/2018/01/08/evolution-acceptance/ 20 comments science
- Scientists make plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide - "replacing unsustainable plastics made from crude oil" http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/news/2017/06/12/scientists-make-plastic-from-sugar-and-carbon-dioxide 19 comments technology
- Scientists make biodegradable microbeads from cellulose - "potentially replace harmful plastic ones that contribute to ocean pollution." http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/news/2017/06/02/scientists-make-biodegradable-microbeads-from-cellulose 509 comments technology
- Making renewable plastics from Christmas trees - Most current plastics are made from oil, which is unsustainable. However, scientists have developed a renewable plastic from a chemical called pinene found in pine needles. http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2017/01/04/plastic-from-pine-trees/ 5 comments science
- UK STUDY|Regardless of Reflective clothing Drivers still Dangerously overtake Cyclists http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/news/2013/11/26/overtaking-cyclists/ 8 comments bicycling
- New study says nanoparticles don’t penetrate the skin. Research by scientists at the University of Bath is challenging claims that nanoparticles in medicated and cosmetic creams are able to transport and deliver active ingredients deep inside the skin. http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2012/10/01/nanoparticles-skin/ 8 comments science
- The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration. http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2008/12/4/jumping-robot.html 11 comments science