“Economics cannot solve climate change”, researchers say

Policymakers are relying too heavily on predictions of the impacts of climate change, a new study says.
As a result, they are claiming they need more research and more predictions before they can take action – and when policies are made, too little action follows.
Research by Dr Mark Charlesworth of Keele University and Dr Chuks Okereke [...]

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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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Protective role for copper in Alzheimer’s disease

New research has shown that there could be a protective role for copper in Alzheimer’s disease.
Two articles in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Volume 18: 4) by Dr Chris Exley, Reader in Bioinorganic Chemistry in the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Keele University, UK, (“Copper [...]

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‘Ages And Stages’ Project Gets Major Funding

Researchers at Keele University are to team up with the New Vic Theatre Education Department, the New Vic Theatre Archive and older people living in North Staffordshire in a unique study into ageing that will lead to a new social documentary performance and exhibition.
The project is funded by the New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Programme, [...]

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