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Feeding the Mind – With Oily Fish

Feeding the Mind – With Oily Fish

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Could a substance found in certain fish help childhood reading scores – and if so how?

Rise of online work captured in a new Online Labour Index

Rise of online work captured in a new Online Labour Index

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Professor Vili Lehdonvirta discusses the digital transformation of labour markets and the rise of online work captured in a new Online Labour Index.

What does it mean to be a migrant in your own country?

What does it mean to be a migrant in your own country?

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Dr Indrajit Roy studies the lives of circular and internal migrants, people who move around their own countries usually in search of work. Such internal migrants do not move permanently, but instead are coming and going constantly. So their patterns of movement change what we think about the nature of the city as an entity. In places where citizenship rights like the right to vote or social entitlements are tied to place of birth, they are often denied such rights. The aim of this project is to understand the lives of internal migrants and to encourage governments to think about local service provisioning for people who are mobile.

Uniting cities and companies to tackle climate change

Uniting cities and companies to tackle climate change

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Dr Tom Hale talks about how Galvanising the Groundswell of Climate Actions (www.climategroundswell.org) has been able to help build a productive interaction between cities, companies and other actors taking action on climate change and the UN negotiation process.

Designing better schools

Designing better schools

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Hau Ming Tse, Research Fellow in the Department of Education, as well as students and teachers from Northfleet Technology College, talk about how the design of their new school building has affected learning.

The benefits of being made to experiment: Striking evidence from the London Tube

The benefits of being made to experiment: Striking evidence from the London Tube

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Oxford researchers analysis of the London Tube strike in 2014 found that despite the inconvenience to tens of thousands of people, the strike actually produced a net economic benefit, due to the number of people who found more efficient ways to get to work.

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Taxes on profit create high social costs

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New research from the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation estimates that for every £100 of corporation tax collected by HMRC, there is a cost to society as high as £29.
Do people who move together bond together?

Do people who move together bond together?

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Emma Cohen, Arran Davis and Jacob Taylor of Oxford University’s Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology are examining the causal links between exertion and cooperation, and between social support and performance.

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'Welfare cuts mean charities struggle to meet migrants' needs'

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The research, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, shows that small charities and faith organisations are critical service providers for this vulnerable group, which includes a significant proportion of British children.

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To the Zooniverse and beyond

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Harnessing the time and skills of millions of volunteers worldwide is proving to be an extremely powerful way of driving research in fields as diverse as history, zoology, physics and even the response to humanitarian disasters.

Nieduszynski group to launch innovative genome replication analysis project

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Furthering the understanding of genome replication is critical to advancing insights into the mechanisms behind genomic disorders such as cancer, and the Nieduszynski group has secured funding from the Biotecchnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to do just that.

Bioengineering for vaccine development project gets BBSRC funding

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"Bioengineering for vaccine development" is the focus of an innovative research project by the Sattentau group launched in April 2016 and funded by the BBSRC.

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#HugaBrit: the science of hugs and why they (mostly) feel so good

The Conversation

“Hugging it out” is often touted as a good way to solve a problem. Now a group of Europeans have decided that that’s all Britons need to convince them to stay in the EU.

Wellcome Trust support to Acuto group's autoimmunity research continues

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It is hoped a better understanding and treatment of autoimmunity will be the outcome of research by Oreste Acuto following a grant award from the Wellcome Trust in April 2016, building on a decade of support from the organisation.

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Pro-Trump camp 'colonised' pro-Clinton Twitter campaign

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A growing number of political movements are employing both people and 'bots' to shape political conversations and influence election results. Bots can deliver news and information but also undertake malicious activities, while passing as human users.

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Choir singing improves health, happiness – and is the perfect icebreaker

The Conversation

A decade ago, any mention of a choir would probably have brought Sunday morning hymns to mind. But there’s been a revolution in attitudes towards joining the local choir.

Dunn School new recruit secures Wellcome Trust funding to understand ER-associated protein degradation

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New Dunn School group leader Pedro Carvalho has secured Wellcome Trust funding for research into ER-associated protein degradation.
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Getting it 'just right' in the immune system

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Two Kennedy Institute scientists have proposed a solution to a puzzle of the human immune system: how our immune system scales its response in proportion to any threat to our health to make it 'just right'.
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How cute things hijack our brains and drive behaviour

The Conversation

What is the cutest thing you have ever seen? Chances are it involves a baby, a puppy or another adorable animal. And chances are it is forever imprinted on your mind. But what exactly is this powerful attractive force and how is it expressed in the brain?

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