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Baby slings: what the evidence says about benefits, risks and safe use

Baby slings and carriers are popular among new parents, but is there enough trusted guidance available on how to use them safely? PhD student, Sophie Lovell-Kennedy, has delved into the evidence.
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Dr Veronica Heney to shed new light on self-harm and culture

Dr Veronica Heney from our Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sociology has been awarded a Wellcome Early Career Award to re-configure understandings of self-harm.
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Knighthood for world-leading cosmologist Professor Carlos Frenk

Professor Carlos Frenk – who is behind one of the foremost theories of the evolution of the Universe – has been knighted in The King’s Birthday Honours.
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Parents need better guidance on how to use baby carriers safely

New parents receive little guidance on how to use a baby sling or carrier safely, according to new research.
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Improving care for women in prison living with severe mental illness

Women in the prison system often have complex mental health problems, frequently alongside long-term physical conditions, with women from racial minority backgrounds worst affected.
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Giant fan-shaped geological structure discovered beneath East Antarctica

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Young children have long-lasting memories of vegetable smells experienced in the womb

Experiencing bitter or non-bitter flavours before birth can shape taste likes or dislikes after being born, according to new research led by our Department of Psychology.
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Widely available extreme porn is normalising sexual violence

Widely available extreme pornography on mainstream platforms is eroticising masculine dominance and normalising sexual violence, according to leading law professor Clare McGlynn.
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Universities: 'enemies of the enemies of the open society'

Professor Karen O'Brien, our Vice-Chancellor, addressed the 2026 Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit on the role of universities in open, civil societies. This is her speech.
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Astronomers release gigantic cosmological simulation dataset

Our physicists and their collaborators in Leiden are making public one of the largest datasets in cosmology, offering scientists around the world a new way to explore how the Universe evolves.
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New toolkit supports professionals working with neurodivergent men who commit domestic abuse

A new toolkit to support professionals working with neurodivergent men who commit domestic abuse has been launched by our Department of Sociology’s Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA).
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Milky Way’s neighbouring galaxies could tell us about the infant Universe

New research has found that ultra-faint satellite galaxy systems orbiting our Milky Way could tell us about the conditions of the early Universe – and why some galaxies grew while others didn’t.
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