A study published in The BMJ compares the evidence around intermittent fasting and calorie restriction for weight loss. Prof Maik Pietzner, Chair in Health Data Modelling, Queen Mary University of ...

A systematic review published in the Journal for the American Heart Association looks at ocean microplastic pollution and the risk of cardiometabolic disease in US coastline counties. “I fear this ...

Scientists comment on the government announcing a boost to clinical trials as part of the 10 year health plan. Dr Andrew Garret, Past President, Royal Statistical Society and Executive VP Scientific ...

Scientists comment on a London-bound Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashing shortly after take-off in India. Dr Guy Gratton, Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University, said: ...

“Current information appears to suggest that the strikes have only hit uranium enrichment plants, which use highly pure uranium and don’t pose much of a radiological hazard. Such plants will use ...

Scientists comment on a drought status confirmed in Yorkshire, as announced by the Environment Agency. Lucy Barker, hydrologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) : ...

A modelling study published in Geophysical Research Letters looks at the impact of a weakened AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) on European climate. Prof Richard Allan, Professor of ...

Scientists comment on the R&D elements of the Spending Review, as announced by the Chancellor. Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, said: “The Chancellor has today backed British science with ...