- Climate change puts availability of vital renewable energy source at risk, research reveals https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/research/biomass-availability-risk/ 3 comments science
- Cave Art Created By Firelight https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/research/art-by-firelight/ 2 comments anthropology
- Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in UK. The world uses 25 billion cans of disposable aerosols per year. On average in high-income countries 10 cans are used per person per year, mostly personal care products. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/research/aerosols-smog-vehicles-uk/ 3 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 6 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 5 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 4 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 4 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 10 comments science
- Increase in alcohol-industry funded research is a cause for concern. The alcohol industry is increasingly funding academic research into the impacts of alcohol consumption – with some studies making claims about the health benefits of alcohol https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/research/alcohol-research-funding/ 336 comments science
- Links between video games and gambling run deeper than previously thought: A range of video game practices have potentially dangerous links to problem gambling, a study has revealed https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/research/games-problem-gambling/ 31 comments science
- Study settles the score on whether the modern world is less violent. While the first half of the twentieth century marked a period of extraordinary violence, the world has become more peaceful in the past 30 years, a new statistical analysis of the global death toll from war suggests. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/research/modern-world-violence/ 861 comments science
- No evidence to support the link between violent video games and behavior - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 5 comments science
- Parents’ socioeconomic status and children’s inherited DNA differences are powerful predictors of educational achievement. However, new research (n=5,000) suggests that having the genes for school success is not as beneficial as having parents who are highly educated and wealthy. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/research/genesandfamilyarebiggestpredictorofacademicsuccessstudysuggests/ 1864 comments science
- The chances of a patient with a serious mental illness ending up in hospital because of their condition are reduced by almost 40 per cent if they have a care plan. The study tracked 20,000 patients with a severe mental illness through the healthcare system. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/research/care-plan-reduce-risk-hospital-mental-health/ 3 comments science
- Chatterbox parents may boost tots’ intelligence: A new study (n=107) has found that young children who are exposed to large amounts of adult speech tend to have better cognitive skills, such as reasoning, numeracy and shape awareness. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/research/chatterbox-parents-boost-intelligence/ 94 comments science
- Researchers discover how gribbles(tiny crustaceans) break down lignin(the tough strands that lend wood its strength) and extract sugar. This could lead to the development of cheaper, more efficient ways to turn wood into biofuel. Gribble are the only known animal to have a sterile digestive system. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/why-a-curious-crustacean-could-hold-secret/ 8 comments science
- The awkward social situation of not being able to remember a person’s name leads many of us to believe we are terrible at remembering names. However, new research revealed this intuition is misleading; we may actually be better at remembering names than faces. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/so,-you-think-you%E2%80%99re-good-at-remembering-faces/ 11 comments science
- Research detect traces of opiates in ancient Cypriot vessel. Researchers at the University of York and the British Museum have discovered traces of opiates preserved inside a distinctive vessel dating back to the Late Bronze Age. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/traces-of-opiates-found-in-ancient-cypriot-vessel/ 3 comments science
- Researchers at the University of York and the British Museum have discovered traces of opiates preserved inside a distinctive vessel dating back to the Late Bronze Age https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/traces-of-opiates-found-in-ancient-cypriot-vessel/ 3 comments science
- A major new study involving researchers from the University of York has measured a global shift towards more sustainable agricultural systems that provide environmental improvements at the same time as increases in food production. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/food-for-thought/ 3 comments science
- Researchers analysing the teeth of Britons from the Iron Age to the modern day have unlocked the potential for using proteins in tooth tartar to reveal what our ancestors ate. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/research-on-british-teeth-unlocks-potential/ 7 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour in adults https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 482 comments worldnews
- university of york: "no evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour" https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 822 comments science
- Researchers have conducted a large-scale review of research into turn-taking behaviour in animal communication, analyzing hundreds of animal studies. Their study reveals this human method of communication (turn-taking) is actually widespread across the animal kingdom https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/turntaking-york-language/ 4 comments science
- Researchers have found individuals with “detail focus”, a trait linked to autism, kicked off an artistic movement that led to the proliferation of realistic cave drawings across Europe. The research adds to evidence that people with autistic traits played an important role in human evolution. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/down-to-the-last-detail/ 10 comments science
- Highly mobile eyebrows that can be used to express a wide range of subtle emotions may have played a crucial role in human survival, new research from the University of York suggests published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/research-to-raise-a-few-eyebrows/ 9 comments science
- Neanderthals are often depicted as brutish and uncaring. New research argues, though, that they had a system of socialized healthcare - helping to explain why Neanderthal fossils often show evidence of having survived serious injury. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/neanderthals-compassion-york/ 300 comments science
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 24 comments technology
- No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour - Researchers at the University of York have found no evidence to support the theory that video games make players more violent. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/no-evidence-to-link-violence-and-video-games/ 3798 comments science
- Research Shows Link Between Video Game Skills and Intelligence https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/research/multiplayer-video-games/ 22 comments science
- Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the building blocks of DNA. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/research/interstellar-ice-the-answer-to-birth-of-dna/ 3 comments science
- Secret of sperm's 'bendy' tail revealed. A sperm tail utilizes interconnected elastic springs to transmit mechanical information to distant parts of the tail, helping it to bend and ultimately swim towards an egg, scientists have discovered. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/research/secret-of-sperms-bendy-tail-revealed/ 3 comments science
- In the last two decades quantum teleportation – transferring the quantum structure of an object from one place to another without physical transmission -- has moved from the realms of Star Trek fantasy to tangible reality. This could ultimately form the backbone of a quantum Internet. http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2015/research/quantum-teleportation-communications/ 7 comments science
- A chance discovery by a team of researchers, including a University of York scientist, has provided experimental evidence that stars may generate sound. http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2015/research/sound-of-stars/ 13 comments science
- Embalming study ‘rewrites’ key chapter in Egyptian history: Researchers have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2014/research/mummification/ 4 comments history
- Tooth plaque provides unique insights into our prehistoric ancestors’ diet: Researchers have found new evidence that our prehistoric ancestors had a detailed understanding of plants long before the development of agriculture http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2014/research/tooth-plaque-ancestors-diet/ 3 comments science
- Researchers shed new light on the genetic history of the European beaver: An international team of scientists has used detailed analysis of ancient and modern DNA to show that the distribution and lack of genetic diversity among modern European beavers is due largely to human hunting http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2014/research/beavers/ 3 comments science
- Neanderthals in northern Spain had knowledge of plants' healing qualities, a new study reveals http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2012/research/el-sidron/ 3 comments science
- New study by scientists at the University of York suggests that information could escape from black holes after all http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2011/research/black-holes/ 50 comments science
- [PDF] Seven ways to evaluate the Gaussian integral - Information on the History of the Normal Law http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/normal_history.pdf 8 comments math