Some of Botswana's cleverest children are benefiting from a scheme to improve the teaching they receive and the equipment in their classrooms. The International Gateway for Gifted Youth, launched in...
Lesbian couples are finding it easier to conceive through fertility clinics, but the high costs involved mean that many couples are being forced to turn elsewhere. A study by Petra Nordqvist of the...
A research team has secured €370,000 (£300,000) from the European Commission for a project on data-search technology.Working as part of a €4 million collaborative project with German technology firm...
Nick Clegg has opened a "solar farm" on the roof of a university building. The facility at the University of Sheffield is made up of state-of-the-art photovoltaic panels and is part of a £120,000...
A project has been launched to explore and record the surviving Victorian and Edwardian school buildings of rural Norfolk. The University of East Anglia is working with Norfolk Historic Buildings...
Researchers have released "raw" sequences of the wheat genome. The sequences, which include 95 per cent of all wheat genes, were made by teams from the University of Liverpool, the University of...
A three-storey, £4.5 million extension to the Scottish capital's leading sporting facility has been unveiled. The new arm of the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Sport and Exercise provides 1,...
Scientists in Northern Ireland are developing a mobile foetal surveillance system that could help prevent stillbirth by alerting doctors when a baby is at risk. About 4,000 babies are stillborn in...
A researcher has launched a pioneering study into the science of happiness. Using an online game, Tracy Alloway, director of the Centre for Memory and Learning in the Lifespan at the University of...
Academics at two universities have led a project to produce a series of books to help psychology students bridge the gap between school and university. The eight books - each written by a specialist...
Developers have converted a university's prospectus into an iPhone application so prospective students can view the courses it has on offer. The University of Southampton's app includes a fully...
Parents may be right to use GCSE exam league tables to choose schools, a new study suggests. Academics from the Institute of Education, University of London, and the Centre for Market and Public...
A student who was spotted by a member of Kent Athletics Club as he sprinted through Bromley town centre when he was late for a seminar will represent England in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Jeffrey...
A new collection of essays explores the "enduring fascination" of the femme fatale from mythology through to Hollywood and world cinema. The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts, edited by...
IndiaChess champion denied degreeA university in India has been forced to apologise to a chess grandmaster after its plan to give him an honorary doctorate was foiled by a government cock-up. The...