Reading in the news - Thu 19 Aug

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted widely about a new study looking at the effectiveness of vaccines against the Delta variant, in Sky News online, Mail Online, Daily Mail (in print), iNews (and in print), Yahoo! News, Evening Standard and more than one hundred local papers including Wales Online and the Express and Star. Dr Clarke spoke to LBC and BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester.
• An article in Food and Beverage News discusses pre and probiotics and a link to Covid-19, and mentions that Profs Glenn Gibson and Bob Rastall (Food) have researched the prebiotic effect of various fruits and vegetables.

Monastery at Cookham: A dig in Cookham, Berkshire led by Dr Gabor Thomas (Archaeology) has found the remains of a ‘lost’ monastery that may have been the final resting place of Queen Cynethryth, reports BBC News online, Wokingham Today, and the Art Newspaper. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: Reading’s global work for a sustainable future

• Air travel:
  • Professor Paul Williams (Met) is quoted in Politico Pro about climate change and air travel, and contributed to a Stuff.NZ video about turbulence.
• Pollinators:
  • Further coverage of new research co-authored by Drs Deepa Senapathi and Tom Breeze about pollinator decline, in Norwegian outlet ABC Neyheter and Indian site Krishi Jagran. Read our news story.
• IPCC Report:
  • Nature World News further quotes Professor Andy Turner (Met) about the impact of worsening climate change on global water problems.
  • Read our news story on Reading’s contribution to the report.

Other Coverage:

• News Medical Net, Medical Xpress, and India Education Dairy cover new research into millet consumption and heart disease risk. Read our news story.
• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) is quoted in Mail Online about the sugar content in children’s yoghurts.
• The Guardian speaks to Anne Bean, performance artist who studied Art at the University of Reading where she formed the band Moody and the Menstruators who once opened for Roxy Music.