Keele scientists in their element with chemistry podcasts

Two scientists from Keele University have contributed podcasts to an interactive look at the periodic table.
Professor Pat Bailey and Dr Katherine Haxton appear in Chemistry World’s Chemistry In Its Element series, in which a leading scientist or author takes a look at the story behind an element.
Professor Bailey compares Boron to a “boring, middle-aged accountant [...]

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Silver SWAN award for Life Sciences

Keele University’s School of Life Sciences has been awarded the prestigious silver Athena SWAN award for excellence in recruiting and progressing women in science, engineering and technology (SET).
The awards recognise university schools that look to attract and promote women in SET careers. Universities subscribing to the Athena Swan Charter – supported by the UK Resource [...]

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Swearing as a response to pain – public lecture at Keele University

A Keele University psychologist will discuss his research into swearing as a response to pain at a public lecture next month.
Dr Richard Stephens and his colleagues John Atkins and Andrew Kingston found that swearing can increase pain tolerance. Sixty-four undergraduate volunteers were asked to submerge their hand in a tub of ice water for as [...]

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USA seminar series on Keele swearing research

Dr Richard Stephens, School of Psychology, has been invited to give a series of seminars in the USA on his research on swearing as a response to pain. These invitations follow the publication in the summer of Dr Stephens’ research paper on the same topic in the journal NeuroReport. The research generated international media attention [...]

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Genes identified may help breast cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Keele University have identified two genes which may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients.
The research team, which also included colleagues from Nottingham and Cambridge universities and King’s College London, are identifying and studying genes which control whether a cell lives or dies.
They found that the survival rate for patients [...]

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