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Media highlights - 12 to 25 April 2025

Top story:ÌýRevolutionary blood test detects cancer at an early stage

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  • Our press release announcing a revolutionary cancer blood test Ìý- which we first published in late 2024 - got a new lease of life after it was reissued by the government. ​
  • The test was developed by our scientists Prof Paul Skipp and Dr Andy Shapanis and can detect the disease at an early stage.Ìý
  • The latest news featured in , , , ITV Lunchtime News, Daily Telegraph, The Sun, LBC, BBC Radio Solent, Heart FM and .

Additional coverage

  • Dr Chiara Dall’ora’s study into sickness rates among nurses was covered by , Southern Daily Echo and Heart FM.​
  • Dr Davide Filingeri and PhD student Jade WardÌýwere featured in Channel 4 documentary , discussing natural deodorants, with Natalie Cassidy.
  • ran our press release about students from the Law School who are volunteering in court.
  • ProfÌýJoerg Wiedenmann was quoted in the in an article about the world’s largest coral bleaching event. His comments were also carried by The Weather Channel.​
  • Dr William Waites spoke to about efforts in the USA to save decades of scientific data being deleted from government websites.​
  • ProfÌýJane Falkingham was on talking about falling birth rates, life expectancy and our ageing population.​
  • Dr Lisa McNeil was on BBC Radio Solent talking about using earthquake ‘waves’ to understand earth's interior.​
  • Dr Joan Mahoney spoke to BBC World News and BBC News Channel about the US Supreme Court ruling on recent deportations from the USA.​
  • Dr Simon Boxall commented to BBC News Channel about the effects and ways of removing carbon from sea water.​
  • ProfÌýChris Hauton’s £3m project to improve the sustainability of mollusc farming in Asia was on ITV Meridian. ​
  • Dr Neil Gostling’s dinosaur exhibition was listed as one of the Southern Daily Echo’s top things to do over the Easter break.​
  • Dr Hoa Dong spoke to CNN about Chinese factories using social media to encourage US consumers to buy from them direct.​
  • Dr Becky Ward was on BBC Radio Solent speaking about Big Brother and the psychology of house sharing.​
  • Our press release about Ignite Your Journey's Transition & Skills Day was featured in the . ​
  • The Daily Echo reported (in print) the launch in Parliament of the Framing the Future report on safeguarding the visual arts, co-commissioned by the John Hansard Gallery.
The Conversation
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  • - by Prof Jane Falkingham
Times Higher Education+
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  • - Dr Chipo Simbi​
  • - by Dr Ross English, Dr Rebecca Nash and Dr Heather Mackenzie