Clean houses, dirty particles
Without an indoor source of pollution, levels of particles in your home would be less than in the air outside. But this is seldom the case. Roy Harrison, professor of environmental health, and...
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Stay warm, but don't inhale
Energy-efficient homes that save heat in part by cutting ventilation could lead to higher levels of indoor air pollutants. Computer modelling by Mike Ashmore at Bradford University has revealed the...
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Gas threat to asthmatics
Asthmatic children can suffer worse health as a result of indoor nitrogen dioxide pollution. A study by Anoop Chauhan at Southampton University has revealed how high levels of the pollutant, commonly...
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Where can you breathe easy?
A home is no haven from pollution. Everyday items and activities give off pollutants that harm your health, says Paul Harrison Many people worry about outdoor air pollution and the impact it can have...
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Cutting edge: Patrick Miller
Our underwater noise pollution may harm marine mammals, but we cannot be sure without more data on their behaviours The underwater world is a noisy place, filled with a cacophony of animal sounds...
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Put science in context - life is not like a box of Lego
Public unease over science is compounded by science's refusal to look at the big picture, argues Alan Rayner. The debate about genetically modified crops is the most recent symptom of a growing...
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Beautiful sounds from foul singers
Bats may be ugly and smelly but, Daniel Bennett says, they sound wonderful. Just after dusk we were on a canoe in the Mozambique Bay. Hundreds of bats were flying over the sea and the sound was...
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Private fees fund 'public' investment
The British government is counting private tuition fee contributions by undergraduates and their parents as part of the public investment in higher education. Student leaders campaigning against fees...
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More Brits cross Atlantic
More British students than ever enrolled at universities in the United States last academic year, according to the US Department of Education and the American Universities Admissions Program. More...
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Five-year target urged for state school intake
Britain's top universities should be set a five-year target to recruit 70 per cent of their undergraduates from state schools, a report says. The report, A Level Playing Field: The Reform of Private...
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Oxford Union rejects charge of elitism
The Oxford Union has rejected the claim that Oxford and Cambridge universities operate an elitist admissions policy by 410 votes to 87. Anthony Smith, president of Magdalen College, which provoked...
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Belfast redundancies spark inquiry call
Jim McKeown, regional official of lecturers' union Natfhe, is demanding an external inquiry into the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education as the college seeks 26 academic redundancies...
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Hefce announces new chair and members
David Young, deputy chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, is to succeed Sir Michael Checkland as chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England from October 2001. Oxford-educated Mr...
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Dome dogged by Legacy denials
Universities that have said they support the idea that London's Millennium Dome will be converted into a science park have distanced themselves from Legacy plc, which was selected as preferred bidder...
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Sainsbury seeks green science bids
Science minister Lord Sainsbury is calling for project bids from academic and business teams under the £30 million sustainable technologies initiative he announced on Tuesday. "Science and technology...