Seed wins $500,000 Developing Beyond Video games final
A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…
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New virus isolated from patients with severe brain infections
Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the…
Skin
Following the success of its recent exhibitions, which have looked at mental health and at identity, Wellcome Collection returns to the subject of the human body for its…
New report sets out options for fostering transparent and competitive market for open access publishing
A new report published today identifies options through which funders can help ensure that the rapidly growing open access market delivers high-quality services and value for…
Is the world running out of freshwater?
As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water we rely on. We need to act now to reduce the existing and emerging threat that this poses to our…
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Simge Eva Dogan
Why we still haven’t stopped cholera
Why have attempts to get it under control failed? Rose George reports on an outbreak that went on far longer than anyone expected.
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Rose George
PhD Programmes for Health Professionals Committee
This committee considers applications for PhD Programmes for Health Professionals.
Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic
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- Jane Palmer
Leading psychiatrist calls for roll-out of lay counselling to tackle massive burden of harmful drinking and depression in India
Leading Indian psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel has published two studies today in The Lancet1 that he argues provide strong evidence for the roll out of lay counselling…
Grants awarded: Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships’.
Early-Career Award Interview Panel
This panel interviews candidates shortlisted for Wellcome Early-Career Awards.
Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric
Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London)…
Why women wiggling in high heels could help improve prosthetic limbs and robots
People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same forces on the ground despite their very differently shaped feet, according…
AVATAR: a digital therapy that could help people who hear voices
AVATAR therapy aims to reduce the distress that people who hear voices can experience. Here, we explain how it works – and share the encouraging results from the latest…
Number of Facebook friends linked to size of brain regions, study suggests
Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust have found a direct link between the number of ‘Facebook friends’ a person has and the size of particular brain regions. In a study…
Public invited to contribute 'Things' to Sir Henry Wellcome's curious collection
Wellcome Collection is calling on the public to loan or donate objects and become co-creators of its new temporary exhibition, ‘Things’.
1998 Biomedical Image Awards
The winning images from the 1998 Biomedical Image Awards.
Mental health in the workplace: taking a scientific approach
Our mission is to understand which approaches are effective in supporting mental health in the workplace. To do this, we are bringing together employers and the mental health…