The University of Reading, alongside our partners Hatch Farm Land Ltd and Gleeson Land, is committed to playing a leading role in the shaping of this new community. We believe that Loddon Garden ...

The Centre for Dairy Research (CEDAR) is a unique, world-renowned facility for applied and strategic animal research, situated at the University of Reading's Hall Farm at Arborfield. Research at CEDAR ...

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Dr Philippa Cranwell is no stranger to science education and the obstacles that can be faced by students. As a student, Philippa enjoyed the complexity of chemistry but during her first year she ...

The Fruit Grower (in print) highlights a study by PhD student Charlotte Howard, showing that wildflower plots near apple orchards are cost-effective in reducing rosy apple aphids and fruit damage.

Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a new study has shown, overturning a 45-year-old belief about cancer in the ...

Women@Reading presents: ‘Since Yesterday - The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands’, a 2024 documentary that tells the story of Scottish pop music from the 1960s onwards, via interviews with the ...

Dr Louise Johnson (Ecology) is quoted in The Financial Times, BBC Science Focus, The Times, The Telegraph on the genetic engineering of ‘woolly mice’, as part of attempts to revive the woolly mammoth ...

Mystery virus: Daily Mail includes comments from Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) on a new mystery viral disease that has killed 50 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Republished by ...

MSN reports on health benefits of beans, quoting Professor Julie Lovegrove (Food and Nutritional Sciences). Henley Standard reports that James Gilman, the University fly-half, is playing for Reading ...

New Scientist (in print) quotes Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) on the use of spears by ancient humans. County Times highlights that historical items from old WHSmith stores are held in Reading’s ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...