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The role of voluntary organisations in providing support to young people at risk of self-harm or suicide is to be investigated in a new research partnership.

Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan.

The largest trial of its kind in the UK has shown how a low-cost, structured, anti-bullying programme can improve social dynamics in primary schools and reduce victimisation.

Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees' ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. But, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience , an international group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge,  argue that tree planting at high latitudes will accelerate, rather than decelerate, global warming.

Adding small amounts of exercise into daily routine, such as climbing stairs or cycling errands, could help to reduce blood pressure, with just five additional minutes a day estimated to yield improvements, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the University of Sydney.

New research has revealed 15,800-year-old engravings of catching fish in traps. The ice-age camp site of Gönnersdorf on the banks of the Rhine, Germany, has revealed a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on early fishing practices.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have secured more than $3m to study the role the gut microbiome plays in post-operative outcomes for patients with Crohn's disease.

A new £9 million research centre focused on tackling and reducing health inequalities in the UK will be led by experts at UCL.

The Zero Malaria Experience is an immersive and interactive installation using Imperial research showing a 'toolbox' of scientific innovations.

A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The researchers, from The University of Manchester publish their findings in the journal Child Development. Children start to say words around their first birthday, and for a while only say one word at a time, though they rapidly build their vocabulary during their second year.