Cocaine addiction leads to build-up of iron in brain
21 February 2017Cocaine addiction may affect how the body processes iron, leading to a build-up of the mineral in the brain, according to new research from the...
Multiplier effect: the African PhD students who will grow African research
21 February 2017Taskeen Adam and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi are part of a PhD programme that’s enrolling five African students per year for five years, to help train...
Opinion: Population versus targeted – which approach is best for preventing heart disease?
21 February 2017Should screening for heart disease be universal or targeted to those at greatest risk? Ellie Paige (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) weighs up...
Mapping the family tree of stars
20 February 2017Astronomers are borrowing principles applied in biology and archaeology to build a family tree of the stars in the galaxy.
Sharpening our knowledge of prehistory on East Africa’s bone harpoons
20 February 2017A project exploring the role of East Africa in the evolution of modern humans has amassed the largest and most diverse collection of prehistoric bone...
“Denial”: how to deal with a conspiracy theory in the era of ‘post-truth’
16 February 2017The new film Denial dramatises the landmark libel trial when David Irving sued the academic Deborah Lipstadt for calling him a Holocaust denier – a case Irving lost....
Under pressure: the battle to have a baby in Africa
16 February 2017A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother’s blood pressure to rise – often fatally – is more common in women of African descent than...
Opinion: Why medical technology often doesn’t make it from drawing board to hospital
15 February 2017Medical imaging is a brilliant field filled with brilliant minds, writes Matthew Leming, PhD candidate in Psychiatry for The Conversation. So why don’t we see...
When ideas of peace meet politics of conflict
15 February 2017Research by an expert in peacebuilding shows how international ideas, practices and language of conflict resolution are transformed when they meet African “realities and politics on the...
Black Hole powered jets fuel star formation
14 February 2017Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive black hole and the galaxy where it resides.