Reading in the news - Wed 4 Aug

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• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) is quoted by The on water-saving measures to help fight climate change.  
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) is quoted by The and The on the UK heatwave.  
• republishes an article written by PhD researcher Oliver Wilson (Environmental Science) on Brazil's Atlantic Forest, originally published by . 
• PhD researcher Chloe Brimicombe (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio 5 about current wildfires in the Mediterranean region as a result of heat waves. 
• Professor Elizabeth Robinson (Agirculture) spoke to BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Scotland about the suggestion of a meat tax. 
• Professor Ted Shepherd (Meteorology) is quoted in on climate change predictions.  
• Dr Linda Speight (Geography/Environmental Science) is quoted in The and on changes in urban areas to prevent flooding hazards. 
• PhD student Akshay Doras (Meteorology) is quoted by on rainfall forecasting in Western Maharashtra for August and September.  

 COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by , and Smooth Radio on school children no longer regularly testing for COVID; The on infection rates; and The on the current UK COVID data sets; and The and The on the possibility of new COVID variants; spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the self-isolation rules for double-vaccinated people; talkRADIO (twice) about   and ; spoke to BBC Radio Hereford and Worcestor about COVID infection risks in train stations and on trains.  
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in The on the Delta variant in the US; The (also ) about the 10-day isolation period. 
• quotes Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) on fake claims that COVID-19 vaccines are magnetic; on false positives on LFT tests. 
• The quotes Dr Jane Parker (Food) with her research on long COVID parosmia; and BBC Radio Kent mentions the partnership between AbScent and UoR co-led by Dr Parker.
• New research on blood clots found that they can be caused by abnormal COVID-19 antibody responses. Professor Jon Gibbins (Biological Sciences) comments on the study in The .
• mentions UoR research on consumer's attitudes to the food sector after COVID-19.

Millet benefits: Multiple news articles covers research about the benefits of millet consumption for managing type two diabetes, including The , The , , , , The and The . Prof Ian Givens (Agriculture) is quoted. Read our news story about the research.  

Other Coverage:

• PhD researcher Drew Price (Food) is quoted in The in an article about young people's use of protein powders. 
• Professor Jane Setter (English Language) spoke to BBC Radio 5 on discrimination of accent features and differences in pronunciation in English.
• A repeat of Horizon on BBC Four (approx. 48 mins in) visited the University to report on their research on factors affecting pollinators. Dr Deepa Senapathi and Prof Simon Potts (Agriculture) are interviewed. 
• Dr Laurence Smith (Agriculture) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about farm management.
• , , and The and further cover Reading research (Meteorology) into the use of drones to deliver electrical charge into clouds to encourage rainfall in the Middle East. Read our news story on a recent visit to the University by the United Arab Emirate Ambassador to the UK to see the research.  
• reports on a UoR initiative for typography students to help not-for-profit organisations with their branding schemes. 
• The reports that UoR is working in partnership with John Deere to create an online farming simulator game using precision farming. 
• reports on a modern take on the first known example of a style of music discovered at Reading Abbey, and the report mentions UoR.
• Professors Glenn Gibson and Bob Rastall (Food) are quoted in The and with their research on prebiotics and probiotics in vegetables. 
• covers a Henley Business School report on the benefits of a 4-day working week. 
• Professor Emeritus Ginny Gibson (Henley Business School) is quoted in and The on gender equality in the commercial property sector. 
• The announces a partnership between Henley Business School South Africa and The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria to deliver a masterclass. 
• reports on UoR's Christmas Special team on University Challenge from 2017, who scored zero points in the final of the competition.