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- A study into grassroots rugby concussion found players’ brains are still affected after being cleared to play. Led by Dr Ben Jones, the study found seven out of eight concussed players still had abnormal brain responses 25 days after injury. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/05...
- A new global @worldheart.org report co-authored by Essex public health experts has called for governments to tackle rising levels of obesity to help prevent cardiovascular disease. Find out more about the report: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/05...
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- @mattlodder.com is preserving and celebrating tattoo art through research, exhibitions, and storytelling. Losing the collections of tattoo pioneers would erase key parts of our cultural history, Matt has dedicated his life to saving them. 60stories.essex.ac.uk/saving-tatto...
- Exeter City football manager Gary Caldwell hit the headlines claiming his Scottish accent was the reason for being sent off. Linguist Dr Amanda Cole explores if Scottish accents really are more aggressive. Find out more in @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/are-scottish...
- Essex scientists are calling for nature lovers to help uncover why our duck population is dropping. Anyone can take part and help our School of Life Sciences researchers find out why and where the country’s Mallard population has declined. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/04...
- From developing a new bowel cancer blood test to improve early detection and save lives, to protecting endangered pangolins and exploring the power of wild writing, our latest newsletter highlights the top research stories from across the University. www.linkedin.com/pulse/resear....
- The international strength of political science research at Essex has been recognised in a new global ranking. Our Department of Government is ranked in the top five in Europe for citations and the global top 20 for 'recent impact' in an @apsa.bsky.social journal. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/04...
- From murders in the 1890s to quests for love, Max Bowden explores the stories that inspired the Grateful Dead. As some of the original band prepare to play at the Las Vegas Sphere, Max reveals a few of the folklore tales behind their music. theconversation.com/grateful-dea...
- A groundbreaking new study is set to explore how British children cope in the first years of school compared with youngsters from across Europe. @pvrticka.bsky.social will lead the £1.25 million project in Britain. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...
- Not quite a comedy, not quite a horror, not quite a musical - film expert @drdanobrien.bsky.social reviews Opus. He explains why this satire about an evil celebrity cult has plenty to say, but what that is remains frustratingly unclear. theconversation.com/opus-clunky-...
- Pangolins could be saved from extinction if their illegal trafficking is recognised as a serious international crime. Dr Matthew Gillett of Essex Law School insists that we must get tougher to protect one of the most trafficked mammals in the world. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...
- Professor Natasha Lindstaet explores how after a “very good telephone call” between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, last month's disastrous Oval Office meeting is in the past and the pressure is back on Putin. Read the @uk.theconversation.com article: theconversation.com/ukraine-war-...
- Global researchers led by @julespretty.bsky.social with @erikjacobi.bsky.social and @leannehep.bsky.social have proposed a new vision for Regenerative Good Growth, that will create green economies whilst protecting the planet. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03...
- Essex scientists are developing a new bowel cancer blood test to improve early detection and save lives. Funding from @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social enables Dr Vladimir Teif, Dr Ralf Zwacka and their team to explore this ground-breaking approach. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/03... @teiflab.bsky.social
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