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Food insecurity putting mums-to-be at risk

Pregnant women who have limited access to affordable, nutritious and healthy foods have a higher chance of developing both physical and mental health...

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Sharks are abandoning stressed coral reefs in warming oceans

Grey reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new study finds.

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Drugs prescribed off-label may do more harm than good

A new study from King’s College London shows that off-label prescriptions of a common antidepressant doesn’t help breathlessness in patients with respiratory...

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U-Belong project teams up with UK students to combat loneliness at university

The King’s-led U-Belong project has launched a new interactive toolkit to equip students with the tools they need to build a sense of belonging at university.

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Digital Futures Institute appoints Daniel Susskind as Research Professor

The Digital Futures Institute has appointed the economist, author and former government advisor as its new Research Professor.

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King's academic makes Booker Prize 2024 longlist

Dr Sarah Perry, Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Digital Humanities, has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 for her novel, Enlightenment.

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20-year study finds rates of PTSD and common mental disorders on the rise in Armed Forces personnel and veterans

The latest research from the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), King’s College London and commissioned by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs...

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New technology holistically images deep living tissue for the first time

The new device could lay the groundwork for an entirely new kind of osteoarthritis treatment.

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Unit Annual Report 2023

A year of transitions at the Unit

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Role of long non-coding RNAs in skin provides important insights for evolution

A new study has shown that a type of non-coding RNA molecule could play a role in the development of skin diseases – like eczema or psoriasis – and highlights...

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Community leaders and researchers collaborate to tackle health inequalities

Community leaders from across the UK joined arms with public health experts to brainstorm ways to help plug the gap in health inequalities.

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King's engineer receives prestigious European Research Council funding for work on wildfires

Dr Francesco Restuccia’s work will help predict and prevent the spread of wildfires across the world.

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New book bridges the gap between theory and practice in photoacoustic imaging

Dr. Wenfeng Xia, Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London, is the editor of a new book called...

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COMMENT: Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiralling out of control – here's why that's so dangerous

The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular.

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