Researchers at Swansea University have worked with manufacturers in the production of fortified test foods to test their acceptability by consumers including older adults.
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Researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Life Sciences at Swansea University are actively collaborating with other Welsh Universities and Health Boards to investigate ways to mitigate the risk of cardiovascular disease in women going through the menopause.
Eyewitnesses to atrocities around the world can use their mobile phones to record evidence in real time. This citizen evidence can be useful to legal accountability efforts, particularly when investigators have been unable to gain access to the sites of these atrocities.
Professor Matthew Davies, lead of Applied Photochemistry and Circular Economy at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, has been granted a UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Energy Technologies.
Swansea University’s Natural Products BioHUB (NP BioHUB) has secured £4.5m in funding as part of UKRI’s £25m Accelerating the Green Economy programme, that will bring jobs, skills, and prosperity to areas across the UK.
A new series of short films involving a Swansea University expert will help aid workers understand how protecting cultural heritage during conflict can be a vital humanitarian issue, as it strengthens people facing difficult situations.
Nearly half of people born in Wales in 2002-03 were classed as having special educational needs (Sen), new research has indicated, raising questions about the system used to diagnose a generation of Welsh children.
Primary schools in Wales could be doing more to help protect youngsters from the dangers of exposure to the sun, according to a new study.
The MAGENTA study is led by a multidisciplinary team of geographers, epidemiologists, mathematical modellers, clinicians and immunologists, researching how the exposure to elevated or prolonged heat during pregnancy impacts pregnancy outcomes for people living in selected areas in Wales and London.
Dr Michelle Hardman's novel research within the Faculty of Science and Engineering hopes to develop manuka-honey based treatment for recurrent cystic fibrosis lung infection.
A Swansea University expert researching volunteering opportunities for disabled people in Wales has won a travel scholarship from The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales, which has allowed her to further her research.
Leading social scientist from Swansea University, Dr Lella Nouri and her team, have developed a new app which revolutionises the way communities can track and report hate graffiti, all with the aim of understanding tensions within a community, and building intervention programmes to eradicate the issues.
As global populations live longer, people living with multiple long-term health conditions (also known as multimorbidity) are a major health concern worldwide. This study led by Professor Rhiannon Owen and funded by Health Data Research UK, assessed how psychosis, diabetes and congestive heart failure develops over time, and the impact this can have on life expectancy.
Is there a risk of us descending into a ‘digital darkness’? Will technology results in a loss of face to face communication? Professor Matt Jones, believes there is a risk and believes a human-centred approach to digital technologies will help us to prevent this and help combat the ‘rise of the robot.’
We know from transport research that most car journeys in the UK are less than five miles with just one person in the vehicle, so how can we encourage people to use more sustainable travel options? In this podcast episode, Professor of Environmental Psychology Ian Walker explores the phenomenon of ‘Motor Normativity’.
Commercial self-driving passenger and freight services has the potential to revolutionise public transport and passenger travel with many benefits that include reduced road traffic accidents due to human error, to improved connectivity to remote areas for goods and healthcare services. Yet building public trust and acceptance in autonomous systems and overcoming the perception of risk will be challenging.
England and Wales currently has one of the highest prison populations per 100,000 capita in the western world. Current reoffending rates of those released from prison are between 40% - 60%. Many aspects of the penal system are therefore not working.
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