A robotic rat that can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers has been developed by a group of scientists from three universities. The "ratbot" was developed by the Bristol Robotics Lab, a...
A unique copy of a 17th-century Welsh book that has not been seen in Wales since the 19th century has been identified by an academic from Swansea University. Geraint Evans, a lecturer in the School...
A memorandum of agreement has been signed between Canterbury Christ Church University and the International College of Health Sciences in Malaysia. The university's association with the Kuala Lumpur-...
It may have the reputation of being a job for the boys, but a project at the University of Salford aims to increase female interest in engineering. More than 100 girls from schools around the UK and...
A lecturer at the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London has completed a documentary about the famous Italian fashion house, Missoni. Maggie Norden, director of communications...
The Open University has launched a social networking website for natural history fans. Jonathan Silvertown, professor of ecology, said iSpot was aimed at anyone who had ever seen a bird, insect or...
A London university is claiming to be the first in England to have developed its own iPhone prospectus. The free download, iUni, features Thames Valley University's entire portfolio of courses, as...
Research and training in keyhole surgery is to receive a significant boost from plans for a new centre in Colchester. The project is a joint partnership between Anglia Ruskin University and...
Researchers from the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh have discovered that three common genetic variants could predispose certain people to schizophrenia. Working in collaboration with...
A degree course is being launched at the University of Hull for students interested in working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the developing world. The BSc in global health and disease...
Researchers at St George's, University of London have been awarded £4.3 million by the Wellcome Trust for the development of a new class of drugs that aims to target the root cause, instead of the...
Sheep are shrinking in Scotland as a result of milder winters, recent research from Imperial College London suggests. The study, undertaken in collaboration with other universities, found that the...
United StatesBrigham Young lifts YouTube banA Mormon-affiliated university where students must agree to live a "chaste and virtuous" life has lifted its ban on YouTube. For the last three years,...
'Redistribution of brains' on cards as US and UK struggle to cope with the recession, writes Phil Baty
The BBC's written archive is a scholarly treasure trove spanning all areas of 20th-century life. Zoe Corbyn takes a peek