Reading in the news - Tue 9 Jul

Plane dust ingestion: The Telegraph, The Independent, The Telegraph India, Interesting Engineer, Flight Global and The National report on research led Dr Claire Ryder (Meteorology) showing the dust consumed by aircraft engines at different airports. Republished by Mirage News, Western Morning News, EurekAlert!, TechXplore, MSN, Aol., Yahoo! News and. Read our news story.

Brain size riddle: phys.org, EurekAlert!, SciTech Daily, My Science, Neuroscience News, Pedfire, India Education Diary, ScienceDaily and Mirage News report on new research that found the largest animals do not have proportionally bigger brains. Authors Professor Chris Venditti and Dr Joanna Baker (both Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) are quoted. Read our news story.

Autism gut link: The Independent, The Standard, Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The National, Belfast Telegraph, The Press, Worcester News, Oxford Mail, Daily Echo, DorsetEcho, The Reading Chronicle, Lancashire Telegraph, News Shopper, Newsweek, South Wales Argus, Bracknell News, Echo, News & Star, The Argus, Bucks Free Press, Science Alert, The Herald, Yahoo! News, Warrington Guardian, Science Media Centre and Aol quote Professor Bhismadev Chakrabarti (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) on a new study about the potential links between autism and altered gut bacteria in children.

Business and society:

• Professor Andrew Knapp (Languages and Cultures) spoke to France24 about France’s new political landscape following the country’s parliamentary elections. Republished by MSN and WhatFingerNews.
• CGTN Africa spoke to Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) about the arrival of Kenyan police in Haiti.
• Scientific American quotes Dr Rachel McCloy (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) on understanding why some people turn down offers that are ‘too good to be true.’

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Royal Meteorological Society and Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining mention that Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez and Visiting Professor Liz Bentley (both Meteorology) launched a report that highlights the opportunities to bring quality climate and sustainability education into the curriculum. Republished by. Read our news story.
• Henley Standard mentions that the University of Reading’s Atmospheric Observatory recorded more than 260 hours of sunshine in June.

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Katrina Bicknell (Pharmacy) spoke to Heart Radio Berkshire on why more research is needed before judgements can be made about the safety of weight loss jabs.

Food and farming:

• Heart Radio Berkshire and Greatest Hits Radio report on the University’s purchase of new farmland in Farley. Read our news story.

#UniForReading: Our role as a civic university:

• ITV 1 Meridian Thames Valley reported that recreational green space in Shinfield owned by the University of Reading has been officially named The Ridge.

Alumni:

• AHDB reports that Charlie Steer studied at the University of Reading.