Ulrich Nehmzow, 1961-2010
A renowned expert on robot design who pursued "the age-old dream" of building an intelligent "living" machine has died.Ulrich Nehmzow was born in Kulmbach, Germany on 18 September 1961 and educated...
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Here's looking at you
In a shock move, our Head of Spatial Optimisation, Mike Cram, has announced that our university's three senior common rooms will shortly be replaced by a single "ambient interaction locus" in the...
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Live a year in my shoes
Tim Birkhead wonders if a critic would feel differently after a job swap
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From where I sit: Red cards for 'hot' courses
More than 6 million young people are expected to enter the job market this summer after they graduate from university. Before many have even had an interview, they have been warned that the "hot"...
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Research Intelligence: Help the aged
A multidisciplinary initiative aims to defuse the UK's demographic time bomb. Neha Popat reports
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Leader: Is he our man in a pinch?
David Willetts has the intellect to deal with his universities and science briefs. How that will feed into policy is as yet unknown
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News in brief
Graduate employmentToo many gaps to fillEmployers fear there will not be enough graduates and skilled workers to fill the "high-level jobs" created as the economy recovers from the recession, the CBI...
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University College London/Manchester - Long faces as theory topples
A 50-year-old theory about how the famous stone statues of Easter Island were moved around has been disproved by academics. A network of ancient roads criss-crosses the Pacific island, flanked by...
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Bangor University - Staying alive, alive, alive-o
A project aimed at protecting the Irish Sea's £54 million shellfish industry has been launched in Wales. The Bangor University programme will involve academics from the Republic of Ireland and Wales...
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King's College London - Dedicated to the dying of the light
The world's first purpose-built Institute of Palliative Care has opened in south London. Costing £10 million, it is reported to be the only organisation in the world solely dedicated to research into...
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Queen's University Belfast - Need-to-know basis
Students in Northern Ireland had their questions on espionage answered at last week's Spyfest. The one-day exhibition, hosted by the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast, focused...
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School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Anglo-Indian advantage
British Indian children have substantially better mental health than their white British counterparts, according to a study. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used...
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Durham University - Whose oil is it anyway?
Researchers have drawn up new maps to show the competing claims of Argentina and the UK for resources in the South Atlantic and the Southern Ocean. The maps, drawn by academics at Durham University,...
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Robert Gordon University - Jury's out on court system
Former jurors will have the chance to overhaul the legal system with the help of Scottish academics. Robert Gordon University is looking for volunteers who have served on a jury to take part in...