Winners announced for the 2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize
The winners of the annual Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, in association with the 'Guardian' and the 'Observer', were announced at an awards ceremony at Kings Place,…
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Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2014: applications open
The Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, in association with the 'Guardian' and the 'Observer', is now open for applications. The annual prize is now in its fourth year of…
Winners announced for the 2014 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize
The winners of the annual Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, in association with the 'Guardian' and the 'Observer', were announced at an awards ceremony at the Wellcome…
Applications open for the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013
The hunt is on to find the next generation of undiscovered science writing talent: applications open today for the annual Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, in association…
UK funding bodies urge universities to improve the design and reporting of animal research
The heads of the three main funding bodies for bioscience research in the UK have today written an open letter to the vice-chancellors and principals of universities and…
Wellcome Trust launches new Science Writing Prize
Do you think you could be the next Simon Singh or Richard Dawkins? The hunt is on to find the next generation of undiscovered science writing talent with the launch of the…
The value of HIV treatment scale-up
Increased access to antiretroviral therapy has raised adult life expectancy by more than 11 years since 2004 in a community with high HIV prevalence, according to a study…
Exploring 'The Secret Life of Four Year Olds'
A new documentary from RDF Television that follows ten four year olds in a nursery during the most pivotal year of their lives is due to be aired on Channel 4 on Tuesday 10…
Ordinary people tell the story of the NHS
A new study has been published looking at the experiences of ordinary people and their opinions of their care over the first 60 years of the National Health Service.
Study reveals how memory load leaves us ‘blind’ to new visual information
Trying to keep an image we’ve just seen in memory can leave us blind to things we are ‘looking’ at, according to the results of a new study supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Hedging your bets: how the brain makes decisions based on related information
When making decisions based on multiple, interdependent factors, we choose based on how these factors correlate with each other and not using an ad hoc rule of thumb or…
Metabolism may have started in our early oceans before the origin of life
Chemical reactions crucial to the formation of metabolites in modern organisms may have started spontaneously in the Earth's early oceans. This new finding casts doubt on the…
Global map of the sickle cell gene confirms the 'malaria hypothesis'
On a global scale, the sickle-cell gene is most commonly found in areas with historically high levels of malaria, adding geographical support to the hypothesis that, while…
Learning to control brain activity improves visual sensitivity
Training eople to control their own brain activity can enhance their visual sensitivity, according to a new study. This non-invasive ‘neurofeedback’ approach could one day be…
Mosaic celebrates first anniversary
Mosaic, the digital publication from the Wellcome Trust, is this week celebrating a year of exploring the science of life with long-form science journalism.
Study reveals how the brain stores information about social rank
Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn ordinary…
Study of vocal impersonations reveals how we manipulate our voices
A study of vocal impersonations has shown for the first time how speech production and voice perception systems in the brain interact to influence the way our voices sound.…
Combining climate and health data: challenges and opportunities for longitudinal population studies
This report looks at whether longitudinal population studies could be a useful way to research the impact of climate change on health.
How our focus can silence the noisy world around us
How can someone with perfectly normal hearing become deaf to the world around them when their mind is on something else? New research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests…
Scientists identify link between size of brain region and conformity
Every generation has its James Dean: the rebel who refuses to follow the path beaten by their peers. Now, a new study in ‘Current Biology’ has found a link between the amount…