Alzheimer’s Disease soon to be a forgotten memory?
Author: Hannah Richards Researcher led by Dr Ashe at University of Minnesota have reversed Alzheimer’s Disease in mice- a breakthrough that brings us closer to a cure. The research team…
The Great Barrier Grief
David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan, Britain’s relationship with the EU, to name but a few: 2016 has been a year full of painful losses thus far, so the news…
A Coffee a Day Keeps Dementia Away
Hannah Richards High caffeine intake in older women is associated with reduced odds of developing dementia or other cognitive impairments, according to the results of a recent study. Research conducted…
How long can we live?
Eduard Campillo-Funollet A research letter published in Nature at the beginning of the month studies data from a variety of databases to conclude that there is a limit to the…
JMS: The man, the myth, the building
Author: Hannah Richards Winner of the Crafoord Prize, John Maynard Smith was a world leading evolutionary biologist and geneticist, he had an influential impact on the use of game theory…
Graphene-fed Silkworms Spin Conductive Fabric
Researchers at Tsinghua University come up with environmentally friendly method to make conductive silk. Yingying Zhang and her colleagues have recently made a breakthrough in silk production. The new material…
MP and Sussex Professor collide over tide
Author: Hannah Richards Our very own Professor Paul Nightingale gave UKIP MP Douglas Carswell a quick science lesson after he criticised his Brexit analogy on Twitter. Nightingale, in support of…
I want to talk to you about tingles
Author: Ronan Murphy What is ASMR? The litte known phenomenon with a large online following. You may have experienced them before. I’m not talking about the chills you get from…
Bad trips ain’t all that bad
New research brings new light on whether “bad” trips deserve the negative press Research at the John Hopkins University shows participants recalling bad trips from ‘shrooms’ felt like it had…
Tian(long)gong-1: Chinese satellite out of control
China’s first space station is falling out of orbit slowly and painfully, here to grace the planet Earth in late 2017 The Tiangong program is aiming to bring China into…
Black Lives Matter has a point about climate change
The organisation’s recent demo at London City Airport has left many scratching their heads. You may not agree with their conclusions but it is undeniable that non-white people are disproportionally…
Research happening now at Sussex
We hear a lot about Sussex faculty research in the news – over the summer the story broke that Sussex scientists had developed a protein which gives new hope for…
One in five GPs refuse to prescribe hormone medication for transgender people
Biological sex is assigned at birth and determines a large proportion of our future lives – we are expected to act, talk and even dress in a certain, predefined, way…
Hyperactive immune system may be the cause of schizophrenia
For a long time it’s been believed that the cause of schizophrenia lies in the interplay between genetic and environmental factors, complimented by imbalances in dopamine transmission. But a study…
A newly discovered hormone could help fight type 2 diabetes and obesity
This is the story of how two people could save millions of lives as their genes have revealed a treatment for diabetes, one of the top 10 causes of death…
Sussex students join Climate March
On 29 November, campaigners from University of Sussex joined over 50,000 people in The London People’s Climate March, calling for climate change action. Starting at Park Lane, marches took place…
What is the future of mobile technologies?
Mobile technologies take up a large part of most people’s lives. But in an age of information overload, young people tend to use mobile technologies a lot more for social…
Bees dying at alarming rate: food security issues
Regarded as heaven-sent totems of hard-work and obedience in Greece and royal symbols for lower Egypt, honeybees’ humble, hard-working image has been well-documented in folk songs and fairy tales. At…
Fossil teeth dated 80,000 years ago found
Latest studies have discovered 40-odd fossil teeth in China, which may provide new clues of the dispersal routes of modern humans 60,000 years ago, the time that the African fossil…
New saliva test predicts male sexuality
Over the last two decades there have been several studies on the intriguing subject of sexual orientation in human beings. These studies have led to a conclusion that it is,…