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Nearly half of people with potential cancer symptoms in first wave of pandemic did not contact GP, study finds

25 February 2021

New research highlights impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK public attitudes to cancer

COVID-19 infection in pregnancy not linked with stillbirth or baby death, study finds

23 February 2021

Cardiff University built global registry of those affected by COVID in pregnancy

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‘More visibility is one of many important steps to improve lack of diversity'

23 February 2021

Cardiff-born neuroscientist Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly takes up his role as leader of a team at the cutting edge of Parkinson’s Disease research at the UK Dementia Research Institute’s centre at Cardiff University this month. Here, he discusses his research – and how he hopes to inspire the next generation of black leaders in science…

Recognition, belief and an emotional response to disinformation are key factors in it being shared on social media, report finds

23 February 2021

Researchers constructed ‘communist killer dolphin’ news story to test readers’ reactions

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Let the immune cell see the virus: Scientists discover unique way to target common virus

15 February 2021

New type of antibody marks infected cells so immune system can see – and kill them

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Broken String Biosciences joins global accelerator

12 February 2021

Genomics startup teams with Illumina

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Women better at reading minds than men – new study

12 February 2021

Psychologists develop first ‘mind-reading questionnaire’ to assess how well people understand what others are really thinking

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Portrait of young galaxy throws theory of galaxy formation on its head

11 February 2021

Scientists from Cardiff University peer 12 billion years into the past to reveal distant galaxy with an unexpected appearance

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Partnership develops chips for electric vehicles

10 February 2021

Cardiff’s CSC and Newport Wafer Fab join forces

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Tweets of fear used to spread malicious viruses online

5 February 2021

In-depth analysis of over 275k tweets reveals why certain malicious URLs are more likely to circulate across Twitter