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Economics - Environment - 17.12.2010 
You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability
You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research - News release Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict our options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research by Dr Ole Peters from Imperial College London.
Health - Economics - 13.12.2010 
New research centre will bridge the gap between academia and health policy
New research centre will bridge the gap between academia and health policy The Centre for Health Policy, which aims to turn high quality research into evidence-based policy innovations, has been launched at Imperial College London. Monday 13 December 2010 A new centre that aims to turn high quality research into evidence-based policy innovations has been launched at Imperial College London today.
Environment - Economics - 01.12.2010 
Developed world at risk of forgetting about AIDS pandemic
While in the early 1990s, an average of 1.5 articles linked to HIV/AIDS could be found in every issue of the main broadsheet newspapers, levels of coverage have dropped to below 0.5 articles per newspaper issue since 2008. Coverage in French and US-based newspapers has decreased particularly dramatically during this period.
Chemistry - Economics - 29.11.2010
Economics - 24.11.2010
Economics - Law - 23.11.2010
Economics - 22.11.2010 
Delphi: The bellybutton of the ancient world
Look beyond simply the famed oracular priestess breathing in hallucinogenic gases and you find a place whose past speaks directly to the 21st century. That is the argument of Cambridge University's Dr Michael Scott who is researching how and why Delphi, a small Greek town and religious sanctuary perched on a difficult to reach mountainside, was for 1,000 years the proclaimed 'omphalos', the 'bellybutton', the very centre of the ancient world.
Economics - 12.11.2010 
Britons pessimistic about financial future
Press release issued 12 November 2010 The economic climate has made Britons more pessimistic about their future financial situation than they were a year ago, reflecting a general international trend towards increased financial anxiety, according to the latest research from the University's Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC).
Physics - Economics - 31.10.2010
Economics - Health - 27.10.2010 
Scientists call for tighter regulations on food adverts during children’s TV viewing
Liverpool, UK - 28 October 2010: Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have called for tighter advertising regulations after a study revealed unhealthy foods are more likely to be advertised during children¿s peak viewing times than at any other point in the broadcasting schedule. The researchers, in partnership with the Cancer Council, Australia, studied 12,618 food advertisements from 11 countries and found that 67 per cent endorsed unhealthy food.
Health - Economics - 22.10.2010
Economics - 19.10.2010 
Did Neanderthals make jewellery after all?
Science 19 Oct 10 The theory that later Neanderthals might have been sufficiently advanced to fashion jewellery and tools similar to those of incoming modern humans has suffered a setback. A new radiocarbon dating study, led by Oxford University, has found that an archaeological site that uniquely links Neanderthal remains to sophisticated tools and jewellery may be partially mixed.
Economics - 12.10.2010 
Consumers herding instinct turns on and off
Policy 12 Oct 10 A new study shows that consumers have a herding instinct to follow the crowd. However, this instinct appears to switch off if the product fails to achieve a certain popularity threshold. The Oxford University study, published in this week's PNAS journal, is based on an analysis of how millions of Facebook users adopted software, known as apps, to personalise their Facebook pages.
Health - Economics - 11.08.2010 
Free statins with fast food could neutralise heart risk
Free statins with fast food could neutralise heart risk Imperial researchers suggest that cholesterol-lowering drugs could be provided alongside ketchup and salt. Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralise the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London suggest in a new study published this week.
Economics - 03.08.2010 
Confused nation crippled by choice
The UK is a nation overwhelmed by too much choice and information according to a study based on the views of 6,000 people, revealing that modern life has created a generation of people incapable of making decisions. The research has led to the coining of the term 'the Indeciders', to collectively describe 'a group of individuals suffering high levels of confusion whilst displaying an inability to be decisive, leading in some cases to depression'.
Health - Economics - 12.07.2010
Health - Economics - 07.07.2010 
Biomarker closer for Alzheimer’s disease
Biomarker closer for Alzheimer’s disease 07 Jul 2010, PR 152/10 Research led by the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, has found that blood levels of the protein clusterin could be an early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD), many years before symptoms appear.
Health - Economics - 07.07.2010 
Wealthier, but not necessarily healthier
One of the most famous and influential mantras of Barack Obama's chief economic adviser - that wealthier nations are also healthier - has been called into question by a new study. The research, by a University of Cambridge-led team of social scientists, examined data from 22 countries to test the widely-accepted principle that stimulating economic growth will automatically improve public health levels, particularly in the developing world.
Health - Economics - 24.06.2010
Economics - 23.06.2010 
‘McChrystal effect’ helping to turn the tide
‘McChrystal effect’ helping to turn the tide 24 Jun 2010, PR 142/10 As General McChrystal steps down as Commander of the NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, a new RUSI report argues that British operations in Helmand Province are showing signs of significant progress, thanks partly to the success of the counter insurgency strategy and the leadership of the departing General.
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You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research - News release Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict our options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research by Dr Ole Peters from Imperial College London.
New research centre will bridge the gap between academia and health policy The Centre for Health Policy, which aims to turn high quality research into evidence-based policy innovations, has been launched at Imperial College London. Monday 13 December 2010 A new centre that aims to turn high quality research into evidence-based policy innovations has been launched at Imperial College London today.
While in the early 1990s, an average of 1.5 articles linked to HIV/AIDS could be found in every issue of the main broadsheet newspapers, levels of coverage have dropped to below 0.5 articles per newspaper issue since 2008. Coverage in French and US-based newspapers has decreased particularly dramatically during this period.
Breakthrough in the search for high quality fuels from inexpensive biomass
PA 331/10 Chemical engineering experts at The University of Nottingham have helped a team of international researchers find a way of producing inexpensive renewable liquid fuel out of low grade oils made from renewable products such as farm waste and wood chips. The process, using a unique integrated catalytic process, could open the door to a chemical industry based on renewable biomass feedstock.
PA 331/10 Chemical engineering experts at The University of Nottingham have helped a team of international researchers find a way of producing inexpensive renewable liquid fuel out of low grade oils made from renewable products such as farm waste and wood chips. The process, using a unique integrated catalytic process, could open the door to a chemical industry based on renewable biomass feedstock.
Stroke survivors survey published
A study led by King's College London, commissioned by The Stroke Association, reveals for the first time the extent of the financial impact of having a stroke, making stroke survivors amongst the most vulnerable in society. The UK Stroke Survivor Needs Survey, carried out by the Division of Health and Social Care Research at King's, shows that more than half of the people employed at the time of their stroke (52 per cent) said it had a negative impact on their work, meaning they had to reduce their hours or give up work entirely.
A study led by King's College London, commissioned by The Stroke Association, reveals for the first time the extent of the financial impact of having a stroke, making stroke survivors amongst the most vulnerable in society. The UK Stroke Survivor Needs Survey, carried out by the Division of Health and Social Care Research at King's, shows that more than half of the people employed at the time of their stroke (52 per cent) said it had a negative impact on their work, meaning they had to reduce their hours or give up work entirely.
Tobacco: Out of sight, out of mind?
PA 323/10 Putting tobacco out of sight in shops can change the attitude of young people to smoking, while not hitting retailers in the pocket, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered. Academics from the University's UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies looked at the effect of the removal of tobacco displays in the Republic of Ireland, ahead of similar legislation which is due to come into force in the UK.
PA 323/10 Putting tobacco out of sight in shops can change the attitude of young people to smoking, while not hitting retailers in the pocket, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered. Academics from the University's UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies looked at the effect of the removal of tobacco displays in the Republic of Ireland, ahead of similar legislation which is due to come into force in the UK.
Look beyond simply the famed oracular priestess breathing in hallucinogenic gases and you find a place whose past speaks directly to the 21st century. That is the argument of Cambridge University's Dr Michael Scott who is researching how and why Delphi, a small Greek town and religious sanctuary perched on a difficult to reach mountainside, was for 1,000 years the proclaimed 'omphalos', the 'bellybutton', the very centre of the ancient world.
Press release issued 12 November 2010 The economic climate has made Britons more pessimistic about their future financial situation than they were a year ago, reflecting a general international trend towards increased financial anxiety, according to the latest research from the University's Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC).
Smashing fluids the physics of flow
PA330/10 Hit it hard and it will fracture like a solid.. but tilt it slowly and it will flow like a fluid. This is the intriguing property of a type of 'complex fluid' which has revealed 'new physics' in research by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The new findings will be highly useful to the manufacturing industry because the processing and dispensing of everyday products like toothpaste, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs depends on an understanding of the physical properties and behaviours of these fluids.
PA330/10 Hit it hard and it will fracture like a solid.. but tilt it slowly and it will flow like a fluid. This is the intriguing property of a type of 'complex fluid' which has revealed 'new physics' in research by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The new findings will be highly useful to the manufacturing industry because the processing and dispensing of everyday products like toothpaste, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs depends on an understanding of the physical properties and behaviours of these fluids.
Liverpool, UK - 28 October 2010: Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have called for tighter advertising regulations after a study revealed unhealthy foods are more likely to be advertised during children¿s peak viewing times than at any other point in the broadcasting schedule. The researchers, in partnership with the Cancer Council, Australia, studied 12,618 food advertisements from 11 countries and found that 67 per cent endorsed unhealthy food.
England’s over 50s spending more on basics?
The amount that people over 50 in England spend on life's basics ' food, fuel and clothing - has increased significantly in the last 4-5 years, with the poorest being the most affected, according to the latest results from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA). A quarter of households experienced a 10 percentage point or more increase in the share of their income devoted to basics between 2004/5 and 2008/9, and spending on domestic fuel alone rose by over a third in real terms over this period.
The amount that people over 50 in England spend on life's basics ' food, fuel and clothing - has increased significantly in the last 4-5 years, with the poorest being the most affected, according to the latest results from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA). A quarter of households experienced a 10 percentage point or more increase in the share of their income devoted to basics between 2004/5 and 2008/9, and spending on domestic fuel alone rose by over a third in real terms over this period.
Science 19 Oct 10 The theory that later Neanderthals might have been sufficiently advanced to fashion jewellery and tools similar to those of incoming modern humans has suffered a setback. A new radiocarbon dating study, led by Oxford University, has found that an archaeological site that uniquely links Neanderthal remains to sophisticated tools and jewellery may be partially mixed.
Policy 12 Oct 10 A new study shows that consumers have a herding instinct to follow the crowd. However, this instinct appears to switch off if the product fails to achieve a certain popularity threshold. The Oxford University study, published in this week's PNAS journal, is based on an analysis of how millions of Facebook users adopted software, known as apps, to personalise their Facebook pages.
Free statins with fast food could neutralise heart risk Imperial researchers suggest that cholesterol-lowering drugs could be provided alongside ketchup and salt. Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralise the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London suggest in a new study published this week.
The UK is a nation overwhelmed by too much choice and information according to a study based on the views of 6,000 people, revealing that modern life has created a generation of people incapable of making decisions. The research has led to the coining of the term 'the Indeciders', to collectively describe 'a group of individuals suffering high levels of confusion whilst displaying an inability to be decisive, leading in some cases to depression'.
Could our minds be tricked into satisfying our stomachs?
The key to losing weight could lie in manipulating our beliefs about how filling we think food will be before we eat it, suggesting that portion control is all a matter of perception. Studies showed that participants were more satisfied for longer periods of time after consuming varying quantities of food when they were led to believe that portion sizes were larger than they actually were.
The key to losing weight could lie in manipulating our beliefs about how filling we think food will be before we eat it, suggesting that portion control is all a matter of perception. Studies showed that participants were more satisfied for longer periods of time after consuming varying quantities of food when they were led to believe that portion sizes were larger than they actually were.
Biomarker closer for Alzheimer’s disease 07 Jul 2010, PR 152/10 Research led by the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, has found that blood levels of the protein clusterin could be an early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD), many years before symptoms appear.
One of the most famous and influential mantras of Barack Obama's chief economic adviser - that wealthier nations are also healthier - has been called into question by a new study. The research, by a University of Cambridge-led team of social scientists, examined data from 22 countries to test the widely-accepted principle that stimulating economic growth will automatically improve public health levels, particularly in the developing world.
Health of future generations determined by childhood conditions
A growing body of economic research, published in the latest issue of Research in Public Policy, finds compelling evidence that the conditions to which children are exposed in their early and even foetal years can dramatically affect their future. Researchers for the University of Bristol's Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) looked at the health and cognitive development of children from across the world and concluded that investments made during critical periods in a child's lifespan can lead to significant returns, while failure to invest can lead to irreversible damage.
A growing body of economic research, published in the latest issue of Research in Public Policy, finds compelling evidence that the conditions to which children are exposed in their early and even foetal years can dramatically affect their future. Researchers for the University of Bristol's Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) looked at the health and cognitive development of children from across the world and concluded that investments made during critical periods in a child's lifespan can lead to significant returns, while failure to invest can lead to irreversible damage.
‘McChrystal effect’ helping to turn the tide 24 Jun 2010, PR 142/10 As General McChrystal steps down as Commander of the NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, a new RUSI report argues that British operations in Helmand Province are showing signs of significant progress, thanks partly to the success of the counter insurgency strategy and the leadership of the departing General.
