Africa is splitting in two
A large crack, stretching several kilometres has made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya, as reported by BBC news.
Earth Sciences
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Infectious disease in hoverflies linked to honeybee health
In research published on 28 February, 2018 in Biology Letters, scientists from Royal Holloway, University of London, Oxford University and Cornell University have shown for the first time that viruses that are harmful to ...
Ecology
Feb 28, 2018
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Researchers optimise broad beans for bees
Scientists from Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Cambridge have been taking part in an experiment to optimise broad beans to increase bee visitation rates; and their findings could benefit both the ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2018
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Using Twitter to discover how language changes
Scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London, have studied more than 200 million Twitter messages to try and unravel the mystery of how language evolves and spreads.
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2018
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Student uses novel approach to analyse the value of words
Pip Thornton, a Ph.D. student in Geopolitics and Cybersecurity at Royal Holloway, University of London, uses Google AdWords to analyse poetry.
Computer Sciences
Jan 29, 2018
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Ants sacrifice their colony mates as parts of a deadly disinfection
New research from the IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), in collaboration with Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of Würzburg, has found that Lasius neglectus ants sacrifice ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2018
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Breakthrough could help gardeners achieve seed sowing success
Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of Osnabrück in Germany have found that common fungi could hold the key to help so-called hard seeds germinate.
Ecology
Dec 6, 2017
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Towards pesticidovigilance
A fascinating insight paper, "Towards pesticidovigilance" published in Science today by Dr Alice Milner, Lecturer in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway and Professor Ian Boyd (School of Biology, University of St Andrews), ...
Ecology
Sep 25, 2017
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Deal or no deal—animals who assist with parenting may simply be playing the market
For centuries evolutionary biologists have been considering a difficult question: why do some animals 'choose' not to have children and instead help others rear their young? Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2017
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Neonicotinoid pesticide reduces egg development in wild bumblebee queens
New research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that wild bumblebee queens are less able to develop their ovaries when exposed to a common neonicotinoid pesticide
Ecology
May 3, 2017
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