Ducks still regularly shot with lead despite ban
Ducks are still commonly killed with lead shot in England despite a ban and voluntary moves by shooting groups, new...
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Exeter climate research is key to modelling tool that aims to decarbonise buildings
A new weather modelling tool shows the crucial role of engineering and climate science in the buildings of the future....
Exeter partners in new Alzheimer’s Society centre championing upcoming dementia researchers
The next generation of dementia researchers will be supported and nurtured through the start of their careers through a new...
Epigenetics blood markers can help understand dementia risk
New research suggests that epigenetic markers in the blood could be useful for understanding dementia risk. Two linked papers from...
Community-led deer management could bring ‘cascade’ of benefits
Community involvement in managing deer populations could deliver a cascade of benefits for biodiversity, climate change, food sustainability and rural...
Half-a-billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of molluscs
A team of researchers have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusc that lived 500 million years...
Boosting children’s voices could help to relieve significant backlogs in the family court, study says
Giving children a right to be heard and taken seriously when parents separate could help couples reach sustainable child arrangements...
Health visitors should become universal service to stem crisis in early years, report says
The role of health visitors needs to be urgently expanded and better supported to tackle widespread mental health, nutritional and...
Warming stops tiny organisms working together
Hotter conditions prevent two tiny organisms working together for mutual benefit, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists studied a...