Research

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Scientists call for urgent action to halt genetic diversity loss

30 January 2025

A new study finds genetic diversity loss is occurring globally, and scientists call for urgent action.

University health and social care research to receive major multi-million-pound investment from Health and Care Research Wales

27 January 2025

Key areas of research to share £39.5m of funding from Health and Care Research Wales over the next five years.

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New research clarifies role of procalcitonin tests in treating paediatric infection

14 January 2025

New research finds that PCT (procalcitonin) blood test does not lower antibiotic treatment duration for hospitalised children.

Origins of black holes revealed in their spin, study finds

7 January 2025

Gravitational waves data held clues for high-mass black holes’ violent beginnings

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New anticancer T-cell type discovered

2 January 2025

Cardiff University researchers have discovered a new anticancer T-cell subtype, which could help our immune system tackle cancer in the future.

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Too hot to go outside: female, high-income, and older groups, most likely to ‘order in’ during heatwaves

2 January 2025

Study reveals heat exposure transfers to urban food delivery workers during extreme weather events

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Past climate change shifts ocean currents and winds, altering heat and carbon exchange in the Southern Ocean, study finds

1 January 2025

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes

COP16 – Cardiff University research tackling biodiversity loss

2 December 2024

Research from Cardiff University was featured at COP16 in Colombia to help tackle global biodiversity challenges.

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Chemistry textbooks need rewriting after new research

29 November 2024

Long-held misunderstanding of key chemical concept corrected by Cardiff University team.

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Treating bullying as everyone’s problem reduces incidence in primary schools

25 November 2024

The largest UK trial of its kind establishes a new way to prevent bullying in primary schools.