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 ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for health-giving flavanols from the berries in your smoothie, order the banana on the side, say researchers. In a study, published today (25 August) in Food and Function, scientists ...

Thousands of Airbus planes were temporarily grounded due to a warning that solar radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers. Professor Mathew Owens, Professor of Space Physics at ...

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 ...

Experienced exam markers may struggle to spot answers generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI), researchers have found. The study was conducted at the University of Reading, UK, where university ...

British adults eat just 18g of dietary fibre daily, far below the recommended 30g, putting millions at risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer. The new review article, ...

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 ...

Staff, students and visitors to the University of Reading can now learn more about wildlife on campus thanks to a new self-guided nature trail. The nature trail is marked by a series of signs around ...

If watching Robert De Niro ordering hammer-based retribution on a cheat’s hand in Casino instinctively made you wince, you are not alone. Many people say that seeing bodily injury on film makes them ...

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