The phrase "a recent study was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing findings or results from a study that has been conducted recently.
Example: "A recent study was conducted to examine the effects of sleep on cognitive performance."
Alternatives: "a new study found" or "a recent research indicated".
A recent study was performed to examine whether long-term growth in the eccentricity evolution exists for the disposal orbits of navigation satellite systems such as GPS, GLONASS, and GALILEO.
A recent study was done into how the public uses the moveable iron chairs in the park and discovered that, while people once looked for chairs in pairs, so as to talk to each other, now they drag chairs away to look at their phones.
A recent study was conducted in Cary, North Carolina to evaluate the effectiveness of two smart systems (Nautiyal et al. 2010).
A recent study was conducted in 25 intubated critically ill patients to determine the impact of tracheal suctioning on leakage of blue dye, diagnosed using fiberoptic bronchoscopy [15].
A recent study was conducted using an alginate layering device with porcine islets implanted into STZ-induced diabetic monkeys (Fig. 3) [16].
While hepatic vein wall morphology appears to be a feature with excellent accuracy for the diagnosis of cirrhosis in the pilot study [36], a recent study was not able to demonstrate this high sensitivity and reported liver surface nodularity to be more sensitive [38].
But this option, the department said in a recent study, is "truly radical" and most experts believe it is some distance from providing a practical alternative.
A recent study is here to tell you that your birth control, as Elle magazine so eloquently put it, might be making your boyfriend ugly.
Some 229 employees who participated in a recent study were asked to think of a workplace interaction that involved "abuse" from a supervisor or boss.
"Housing Gains in Poor Areas, Study Shows" (news article, Dec. 8) says that statistical trends found by a recent study are "good news for those seeking signs of general economic improvement in poor areas of New York City".
Well, one thing that comes out of those forests and hasn't ever been a top priority, according to a recent study, is the water that supplies almost two-thirds of California.
