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Student turns anxiety into football scarf designs

Ian Morton Posted on 20/07/202114/10/2021

Check out this positive news story: a London student has designed an innovative way of communicating with her autistic brother using football scarf pattern designs. The patterns are based on the responses her brother has to everyday scenarios in Joe’s life, highlighting the moments he experienced anxiety.

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Academics at Northumbria University develop Guatemalan public health message with a difference

Louise Akers Posted on 09/06/202109/06/2021

Academics at Northumbria University develop Guatemalan public health message with a difference.

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Sport holds key to rehabilitating young offenders according to new project

Ian Morton Posted on 25/05/202107/06/2021

Check out this positive news story: a new project led by the University of Gloucestershire claims that sport and physical activity could hold the key to supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders.

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Sunlight provides welcome boost in fight against Covid-19

Ian Morton Posted on 27/04/202113/05/2021

Check out this positive news story: A team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found that exposure to sun rays could help the fight against Covid-19. The study found that areas with higher levels of UVA rays had fewer Covid deaths compared to areas experiencing low levels of UVA rays.

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Back gardens helping to prevent environmental breakdown

Ian Morton Posted on 09/03/202114/03/2021

New research reveals that domestic gardens are playing a big role in supporting biodiversity in towns and cities by providing food for pollinating insects. The findings were published in the Journal of Ecology, off the back of a study led by academics at the University of Bristol. Astonishingly, the research found that gardens account for […]

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Breakthrough prevents spread of antibiotic resistance

Simon Francis Posted on 04/03/202103/03/2021

A group of scientists from Korea and the US has now conducted some of the groundwork needed to optimise disinfection processes and minimise the spread of antibiotic resistance through water.

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Having a boxer’s mindset could help budding business owners

Ian Morton Posted on 16/02/202114/03/2021

Check out this positive news story: a team of researchers at Goldsmiths University have found that adopting the mindset of a boxer could help small businesses to survive. The research was based on the analysis of diaries written by small business owners during the first Lockdown, which drew parallels with tactics used by boxers.

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New research finds humans live the same as animals nearby

Ian Morton Posted on 19/01/202131/01/2021

Fascinating new research published this month has found that humans behave similarly to animals who live nearby. According to researchers at the University of Bristol, foraging humans (hunter-gatherers who live off the land) reproduce, parent and organise their social groups in similar ways to surrounding mammal and bird species. The findings show that for almost […]

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Snakebite campaign saves lives in India

Ian Morton Posted on 12/01/202113/01/2021

A snakebite awareness campaign led by a British scientist is helping to save lives in South India. Dr Sakthi Vaiyapuri, who works at the University of Reading, has teamed up with communities in rural Tamil Nadu in India to provide life-saving advice to more than 3 million local residents. The World Health Organisation says that snakebites […]

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Human touch top priority for our wellbeing according to new research

Ian Morton Posted on 13/10/202012/10/2020

Check out this positive news story: Nearly 40,000 people around the world have taken part in a survey about the importance of human touch to us, in what is the biggest study of its kind.

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