Five minutes of training can significantly improve people's ability to identify fake faces created by artificial intelligence, new research shows. “Our training procedure is brief and easy to ...

Ocean temperatures were rising at about 0.06 degrees Celsius per decade in the late 1980s, but are now increasing at 0.27 degrees Celsius per decade. Published today (Tuesday, 28 January 2025) in ...

New research from the University of Reading sheds light on the complex relationship between time spent alone and mental health. The study, published today in Scientific Reports, reveals that solitude ...

Engaged listening techniques such as eye contact, nodding and using key words to praise openness helps teenagers when they admit bad behaviour and share hurt feelings with their parents, a new study ...

The University of Reading campus is set to become home to the largest cluster of weather and climate scientists in the world, following agreement to build a new state-of-the-art headquarters for the ...

A 150-million-year-old stomach stone has been found in the UK, making it the oldest discovered fossil of its kind. Found by renowned palaeontologist Dr Steve Etches MBE, in Kimmeridge, Dorset, the ...

Global aviation carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1% in 2023 because planes had to fly longer routes to avoid Russian airspace, according to a new study. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February ...

An eighth-century monastery in Cookham, Berkshire, may have been one of the UK’s earliest hospices. “It is possible that the monastery may have been one of the UK’s earliest hospices, offering medical ...

Develop the skills, knowledge and experience to make a difference. Our undergraduate degree courses cover topics including climate change, sustainability, global justice and development... Our ...

Meet our key people at the University of Reading.

I enjoy supporting students in designing applied research that is both methodologically sound and grounded in real-world issues. I have supervised to completion nine doctoral students and mentored ...

For information on Herbarium staff, visiting the Herbarium, and how to get here. Searchable database of the collections made by staff and students since 1994, as well as paintings by the late Jill ...