Eating walnuts for breakfast could improve brain function throughout the day for young adults, a new study has shown. Researchers at the University of Reading found that eating 50g of walnuts (a ...

The mystery surrounding the remains of two Anglo Saxons – identified as a man and a woman buried 1,400 years ago in south Oxfordshire – may finally be solved thanks to modern scientific techniques. A ...

A 150-million-year-old stomach stone has been found in the UK, making it the oldest discovered fossil of its kind. Found by renowned palaeontologist Dr Steve Etches MBE, in Kimmeridge, Dorset, the ...

The University of Reading campus is set to become home to the largest cluster of weather and climate scientists in the world, following agreement to build a new state-of-the-art headquarters for the ...

A unique type of tiny antibody produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against Covid-19 that can be taken by patients as a simple nasal spray. In research on antibodies produced by ...

Improving scientists' ability to assess the risk and consequences of crossing tipping points in the North Atlantic and Greenland is the goal of a major new research project led by the National Centre ...

An eighth-century monastery in Cookham, Berkshire, may have been one of the UK’s earliest hospices. “It is possible that the monastery may have been one of the UK’s earliest hospices, offering medical ...

Travel back in time 400 years to the stinky, sticky world of Tudor medicine – where doctors didn’t wear gloves and surgery was done with saws (yes, actual saws).

Meet the staff who work in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading.

Funding for PhD applicants is available from a range of sources on a competitive basis.

Study computer science at Reading for the chance to connect with top technology companies and enhance your employability. Gain skills and knowledge in high demand with our master's degrees. Our ...

If you need urgent mental health support when we are closed, all students have access to the 24hr support line where you can call or live chat with experts in your preferred language at any time of ...