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News story: Queen Mary Dentistry Professor finds a low-cost, non-intrusive solution to save children’s teeth

A study led by Queen Mary’s Professor of Dental Public Health, Professor Cynthia Pine, has identified a low-cost and low-intensity intervention technique that could prevent tooth decay for thousands of children across the UK.

News story: Submissions are now open for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

An all-star literary line-up will feature on the 2020 Wasifiri New Writing Prize judging panel, tasked with awarding £1,000 each to the best new writers of fiction, life writing, and poetry.

News story: Good connections key to startup success

The future potential of early stage startups can be assessed by their existing professional relationships, research led by a team at Queen Mary University of London suggests. 

News story: Scientists fear impact of deep-sea mining on microbial ecosystems

Deep-sea ecosystems are potentially at risk from the impacts of deep-sea mining according to a new paper co-authored by an academic at Queen Mary University of London.

News story: Queen Mary research team identifies new route for tackling drug resistance in skin cancer cells

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that melanoma cells fight anti-cancer drugs by changing their internal skeleton (cytoskeleton) – opening up a new therapeutic route for combatting skin and other cancers that develop resistance to treatment.

News story: Re-thinking abortion politics

A new book co-edited by an academic from Queen Mary University of London provides an interdisciplinary academic analysis of the 2018 referendum which overturned Ireland’s near-total abortion ban.

News story: Queen Mary hosts play that brings the story of Holocaust witness to life

As part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Queen Mary University of London will host a virtuoso performance by the Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn in collaboration with the international charity Human Rights Watch and Georgetown University.

News story: Queen Mary historian secures major funding award for collaborative UK-German research

Dr Daniel Lee, Lecturer in Modern French History in Queen Mary’s School of History has successfully secured a collaborative research award under the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).

News story: Bacon – the salt mine on your breakfast table

Survey results published today by Action on Salt (based at Queen Mary University of London) have confirmed bacon’s unwelcome status as the second biggest contributor to salt in the UK diet.

News story: Study sheds new light on how cells interact with their surroundings

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London identify novel pathway behind how cells sense and respond to their environment.

News story: Queen Mary academics receive honours from the Queen

Academics from Queen Mary University of London have been recognised in the New Year Honours list for 2020.

News story: Scientists discover molecular ‘lock’ that prevents genetic mistakes when cells divide

Research from Queen Mary University of London has provided new insight into how dividing cells control the separation of their DNA. 

News story: People think marketing and political campaigns use psychology to influence their behaviours- but don’t believe it works

A new study has shown that whilst people think advertising and political campaigns exploit psychological research to control their unconscious behaviours, ultimately they feel the choices they make are still their own.

News story: A philosophical approach to film history

A new book written by an academic at Queen Mary University of London sheds fresh light on the way in which early cinema is understood.

News story: Study identifies ‘triggers’ that shape stroke survivors’ emotional adaptability

Participation in an online community can help stroke survivors move forward and adapt to their new circumstances, research led by a Queen Mary lecturer suggests.

News story: Queen Mary and local NHS blazing trail in pre-hospital care

A specialist emergency service, which takes senior doctors and state-of-the-art medical equipment on the road, is successfully treating many patients at the scene, potentially avoiding almost 1,000 ambulance trips to hospital and saving over £500,000 a year.

News story: Researchers identify possible link between cannabis use and structural changes to heart

Regular cannabis use could affect the structure and function of the heart, research led by a team at Queen Mary University of London suggests.

News story: Queen Mary hosts conference on the future of teaching, learning and leadership

Queen Mary hosted The Future of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Higher Education, a panel event discussing how we respond to and provoke change to thrive in the new environment being created around Higher Education.

News story: Fine-tuning thermoelectric materials for cheaper renewable energy

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new thermoelectric materials, which could provide a low-cost option for converting heat energy into electricity. 

News story: Queen Mary e-cigarettes paper the talk of the global village in 2019

Research around e-cigarettes led by Professor Peter Hajek from Queen Mary is among the year’s 20 most discussed papers around the world, independent analysis suggests.

News story: Researchers look behind the biological curtain on how fish oil might fight inflammatory disease

The debate about the potential for exploiting omega-3 fatty acids to improve health has raged for years.

News story: IBIS-II study finds anastrozole reduces breast cancer rates long term for high risk postmenopausal women

The Queen Mary University of London professor leading an international breast cancer study says anastrozole – rather than tamoxifen – should be the preventive drug-of-choice for post-menopausal women at increased risk of developing the disease.

News story: Parakeet ‘crime map’ busts Bogart and Hendrix myths

Queen Mary researchers have used geographic profiling to uncover the truth behind how the non-native birds arrived and spread in Britain.

News story: Queen Mary Professor to deliver oration at cancer genetics conference

Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Ranjit Manchanda has been awarded a prestigious oration at a major cancer genetics conference in Mumbai next week.

News story: The role of tactical voting in the 2019 General Election

As the 2019 General Election approaches, Professor Tim Bale from Queen Mary’s School of Politics and International Relations shared his expert insights on possible tactical voting in what is one of the most unpredictable elections of recent times.

News story: Exploring what is next for British democracy

Brexit has unlocked a new set of challenges which go beyond traditional party-lines, entrenched political categories and existing nationals’ borders. The British political party system has been hugely impacted, as polarisation, fragmentation and the generational gap on the future of the UK politics has significantly widened. This was the subject of a panel debate hosted at Westminster by Queen Mary’s Centre for European Research.

News story: Propaganda is a bigger danger now than in the Second World War, according to new book

A new book co-edited by an academic from Queen Mary University of London tells a radical new story about propaganda, fake news and information warfare and their toxic impact on the communications revolution of the past twenty years.

News story: Closest-ever approach to the Sun reveals dynamic origins of solar wind

Queen Mary researchers were part of an international team interpreting ground-breaking results from the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than ever before.

News story: Exploring extreme movements in stock market option prices

A new study co-authored by researchers at Queen Mary University of London has found that extreme movements in option prices are not associated with the content of news announcements per se.

News story: Women from ethnic minorities least likely to be offered speaking opportunities at scientific conferences, according to new study

A new study from Queen Mary University of London has found that scientists from racial and ethnic minority populations, already underrepresented in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), are likely to have relatively fewer speaking opportunities at scientific conferences.