A new £8 million UK Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation has been announced by Imperial College London, in partnership with the London School of Economics. It will be set up with a grant from...
Vulnerable people must be protected from robots, a top robotics expert has warned. Noel Sharkey, of the University of Sheffield, has called for international guidelines to be set for the ethical and...
How old is "old"? People's perceptions of age are being investigated by psychologists at the University of St Andrews, in a bid to improve people's experience of ageing. Researcher Joanne Persson...
Scientists have discovered what may be two previously unknown species of extinct animals, during a month-long expedition to the Sahara desert. The expedition was led by Nizar Ibrahim, a...
Pupils from disadvantaged areas face serious obstacles to getting involved in extracurricular school activities, and go on to make decisions about their future long before many of their more affluent...
A partnership deal has been signed between Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and King's College London. The agreement is to develop joint research links and a student exchange scheme, with an...
The Investors in People Kitemark has been awarded to Oxford Brookes University. The Investors in People standard is designed to advance an organisation's performance through the leadership,...
The professionals who most need spin doctors are spin doctors themselves, according to research. Conor McGrath, who has just completed his PhD at the University of Ulster, focused his research on the...
A programme set up to support postdoctoral women researchers at Imperial College London has celebrated its first successful intake. Twenty women from across the college have completed the Springboard...
Several institutions have revealed plans to open research centres to explore graphene, the thinnest conducting material in existence. Five-year grants totalling £20 million have been awarded to the...
Children with the obesity gene FTO are more likely to choose fattening foods than those who are not carriers, according to a study from several institutions. Peter Watt, head of research in sport and...
ChinaA most inventive nationChina is set to patent more inventions than any other nation by 2012 if current trends continue. In the 20 years after the country's Patent Law took effect in 1985, China...
Self-styled 'crusaders' find a receptive audience for illegal copies of textbooks. Jon Marcus reports
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTThe Leverhulme Trustees have announced the results of the 2008 competition for Philip Leverhulme Prizes. These prizes, with a value of £70,000 each, are awarded to young scholars...
Globetrotting lecturer Alice Edwards has won a major prize for her research into legal responses to violence against women