2024

The rapidly growing field of esports needs a comprehensive and agreed governance framework to tackle “unhealthy” sponsorships to protect both players and fans, researchers have said.

New research led by Keele University and published in the journal BMC Medicine has shown that people with inflammatory arthritis currently using gabapentinoids are more likely to break their bones.

Keele has joined forces with other regional universities to tackle inequalities in maternal healthcare across the West Midlands.

An international research team, including an astronomer at Keele University, have succeeded for the first time in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way.

Researchers working to understand the prevalence of a virus that can severely damage the immune system of chickens have said that new strategies are needed to improve the control of the disease in the UK.

More than 80 per cent of people who died by suicide within one year of being discharged from inpatient mental health care had been in recent contact with a GP, new research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC) - and supported by Keele University - has found. 

Academics from the central Maghreb region of North Africa – encompassing Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia – and from across the UK were among the guests at a summit hosted at Keele University this week to present the findings of a major research project.

Researchers led by a Keele University scientist have said the world is experiencing the largest outbreak of Dengue virus in history, with a record number of cases reported in 2023.

Research on the public mourning after the Queen’s death offers new insights on how groups or crowds of people with a shared identity – in this case ‘Britishness’ – navigate periods of change and uncertainty.

An extensive trial into postnatal depression in South Asian women has found that tailored support can make a difference to their recovery.

A team led by a Keele University researcher has secured funding for a new study to make food crops more resilient to plant diseases, in a bid to improve global food security.

Scientists from Keele University are collaborating on a new study to help other researchers create, analyse and share biological designs for a variety of useful applications.

Research by Keele academics has been commended as part of an internationally-leading research hub working to make the UK a leader in sustainable bio-based manufacturing.

Researchers at Keele University are embarking on a new study to help improve the early detection of ovarian cancer, which could benefit thousands of women every year.

A new study led by a Keele University research team has found that deaf toddlers fitted with cochlear implants interact with their parents just as well as their hearing peers.

Social media and online communities can play a crucial role for owners searching for their stolen pets, researchers have revealed, both in physically tracking them down and as a source of comfort after their loss.

A study of more than 9,000 people who were in work before the pandemic has found that people with Long Covid are at three times higher risk of leaving employment compared to those without Covid symptoms.

Researchers have called for an international consensus to address not just job “quantity”, but job “quality” by providing “decent work” opportunities to create a thriving labour market in the UK and around the world.

An international research team including a Keele scientist have published new images of Westerlund 1 - one of the most massive star clusters in our galaxy.

The stigma of Covid-19, racism, and discrimination in healthcare all impacted the ability of minority ethnic patients to access healthcare, according to a new study co-authored by Keele University.

Keele researchers have found a link between patients prescribed gabapentinoids and a greater risk of ‘adverse events’ such as drug misuse, overdose, and major trauma such as a bone fracture or head injury.

Keele University is among a select group of universities and research institutes who are the first to pledge to make their research as sustainable as possible as part of a new national agreement.

Researchers led by a Keele scientist have studied the previously unknown flight mechanisms of a common crop pest, to learn more about their movements in a bid to improve food security and prevent the spread of disease.

Keele researchers are embarking on an important new study to investigate the challenges deprived communities face when accessing musculoskeletal (MSK) care.

An international research team has discovered previously unknown deposits from an eighth century volcanic eruption in Santorini, which could have major implications for hazard planning around the world.

A Keele researcher has received funding for a project to improve the precision of gene editing technologies used to manage insects that spread disease.

Research from Keele University has been used to help launch a new tool to support people living with Long Covid.

A pioneering study led by a Keele scientist has demonstrated how a single cancer cell can be identified in a sample of blood, paving the way for more personalised and targeted treatments for cancer patients.

A Keele researcher has taken healthcare strategies pioneered in North Staffordshire to help those suffering from osteoarthritis in West Africa.

Research by scientists at Keele University is featured in a new white paper published today that calls for more to be done to stop textile microfibres entering the UK’s waterways from washing laundry.

A researcher working on treatments and therapies for patients with a devastating degenerative condition has received backing from a prestigious charitable organisation.

A research team including Keele’s Dr Helen Wells have highlighted the dangers of hands-free mobile phone use to police, urging them not to recommend it as a “safe alternative” to motorists who are caught using their phones hand-held.

Depression and loneliness can be prevented using structured telephone-based psychological care, delivered over eight weeks, according to new research.

Keele University is to create a new purpose-built insect research laboratory on its campus – where scientists will carry out vital research to tackle the spread of deadly diseases and reduce crop losses to pests in the UK and across the globe.

Future heart attacks could be better prevented in people visiting their GP with unexplained chest pain, after researchers developed the clearest picture yet of the factors that put them at higher risk.

Keele University has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop new technologies to support global efforts to control and eliminate malaria.

Researchers at Keele University are carrying out what is thought to be the first study to examine brain activity in babies born with hearing loss as they develop early cognitive skills.

The spectacular explosion of the mine at Hawthorn Ridge – a fortified German front-line position in the First World War – marked the start of the Battle of the Somme, and remains one of the best-known pieces of film from the whole conflict.