January

Award-winner Tirion Thomas tackling her next challenge – becoming a midwife

22 January 2021

Award-winner Tirion’s tackling her next challenge – becoming a midwife

A cobra spits its venom. Photo: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London

22 January 2021

Spitting cobras evolved painful venom for defence, possibly against ancestral humans

Brain scans: a brain pressure disorder that especially affects women, causing severe headaches and sometimes permanent sight loss, has risen six-fold in 15 years, and is linked to obesity and deprivation, a new study by Swansea University researchers has shown.

21 January 2021

Six-fold rise in brain pressure disorder linked with obesity and deprivation

The Traditional Medicine Group discovered that soil used in ancient Irish folk medicine in the West Fermanagh scarplands contains several species of these antibiotic producing organisms

21 January 2021

Researchers show Irish soil can offer more hope in fight against antibiotic resistance

The books featured on the longlist stacked up on a shelf

21 January 2021

SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE LONGLIST REVEALED

A woman's hand holding a Covid-19 test swab

20 January 2021

Call for study participants to help better understand what support people need to self-isolate

Hafod-Morfa copperworks on the banks of the river Tawe, before regeneration work began

20 January 2021

More acclaim for Copperopolis – involving communities in Swansea’s history

Brother toner cartridge.

20 January 2021

Swansea team help company recycle old products into new toner cartridges

The Energy Safety Research Institute at Swansea University.

20 January 2021

Researcher honoured for work seeking sustainable solutions

Roofs of Active Buildings at Swansea, which have integrated solar panels

20 January 2021

Active Buildings to be constructed in India, bringing clean solar energy to off-grid communities

Alcohol research study wins charity grant support

13 January 2021

Alcohol research study wins charity grant support

Close-up of a smart-patch

12 January 2021

World’s first COVID-19 ‘smart-patch’ vaccine that will measure effectiveness

Image show pill bottle and pills.

11 January 2021

Simple monitoring could reduce medicine misuse in care homes

Courses win accreditation from Royal Geographical Society

7 January 2021

Courses win accreditation from Royal Geographical Society

Pictured in 2018 - Professor Gert Aarts (front right) and students during the Doctoral Training Programme he co-organised at ECT*.

7 January 2021

Swansea professor appointed as Director of European Centre for Theoretical Nuclear Physics

.Student working at computer. New review says ineffective ‘learning styles’ theory persists in education around the world

6 January 2021

Review says ineffective ‘learning styles’ theory persists in education