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Researchers awarded £1.7m to investigate how digestion and processing of plant foods influence cardiovascular health

A £1.7 million award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will fund a research project, led by King’s College London, to...

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King's College London professor performs remote robotic surgery in UK first

King’s College London’s Professor of Surgery and Urology Prokar Dasgupta has used remote robotic surgery for the first time in the UK to complete a prostate...

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Excessive smartphone use associated with symptoms of eating disorder and body dissatisfaction in young people

New research has found that excessive smartphone use is closely associated with disordered eating, including uncontrolled eating and emotional overeating, as...

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Global task force agrees on key biological markers for anorexia

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has reached consensus on candidate biomarkers for anorexia nervosa and published a...

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Stay or stray? Why some gut microbes persist after fecal transplants

Scientists have identified why some gut microbes successfully stay in the gut after faecal transplants, whilst others are much more transient.

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English classes helping Latin American parents advocate for their children

Latin American parents are building essential English language skills through a community‑led programme at King’s College London designed to help them...

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Technology and surveillance re-write Indian city's past

Dr Nisha Kapoor explored the concept of ‘data nationalism’ at the Interdisciplinary Humanities annual lecture on 9 March on ‘Governing by Data: Surveillance,...

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King's launches £8m PhD programme to transform cardiovascular research

King’s College London will lead a pioneering doctoral training programme designed to transform how scientists study and treat cardiovascular disease.

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Science paves way to perfect workout album

By identifying how listeners synchronise their heart to expressive features in music, the team step closer to music-based heart treatments.

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King's leads analysis of largest-ever Stop and Search research to improve practices

Researchers from King's with the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) have led the analysis of the largest-ever research on police use of Stop and...

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Algorithm allows paramedics to predict brain damage risk after cardiac arrest

Researchers at King’s College London have shown that a widely used cardiac arrest risk score can be applied before patients reach hospital, enabling...

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King's to co-lead first Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Women's Mental Health

Researchers will co-lead a new Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Women’s Mental Health.

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Experts warn Scotland faces rising risks and missed opportunities from growing feral pig populations

A new policy brief warns that in the absence of a coordinated national approach, Scotland’s expanding feral pig populations pose rising agricultural risks,...

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COMMENT: Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here's how that idea has been tried elsewhere

When wind turbines rise above a Welsh hillside, who should benefit financially? Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth believes it should be local communities.

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Early Alzheimer's increased connectivity lowered by cancer drug in the lab

Neuroscientists at King’s College London have pinpointed a mechanism behind the increased neural connectivity seen in very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

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