Zoologists are carrying out a trial of a new repellent against the scourge of Scottish summers, the midge. Up to 1,000 competitors in September's First Monster Challenge, a 120km duathlon (cycling...
Europe's first postgraduate course in environmental entrepreneurship is to be launched by the University of Strathclyde. The MSc aims to give students the skill to launch ventures and products that...
Football supporters do not believe they have to go to live matches to be true fans, according to research into the followers of the North East's main teams. Kevin Dixon, a senior lecturer in sports...
Aberystwyth University is creating a £20 million research institute to tackle major environmental problems. The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences will bring together the...
A campus in Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, is to be set up by the University of Bolton. The campus will offer a range of Bolton's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in engineering,...
A new £500,000 laboratory will investigate green alternatives to solvents used in the chemical industry. The lab at Queen's University Belfast's Ionic Liquid Laboratories has a £5.25 million research...
A study into the health benefits of chocolate for women has been launched at the University of East Anglia. In the first clinical trial, postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes will eat one bar of...
Details of extraordinary crimes carried out in London can be viewed online for the first time from this week. Researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Hertfordshire and at The Open University...
A branch of the Consulate of the Republic of Poland has been opened at the University of Hull. The office, believed to be the only one of its kind in the world, focuses its work on scientific and...
Researchers have won a grant to explore scientifically the roots of talent and creativity in young dancers.The Leverhulme Trust has awarded a grant of £183,917 to the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of...
University defends embassy's A$100,000 donation to Islamic research unit. John Gill reports
United StatesArtwork tests freedom's limitsThe boundaries of academic freedom have been tested by a controversial student art exhibit at Yale University. Aliza Shvarts claimed that she had repeatedly...
With its bigger budget, the DFID is promoting alliances focusing on development research, climate change, health and economic growth, says Zoe Corbyn
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL- Award winner (institution): E.G. Nisbet (Royal Holloway, University of London) and A.C. Manning (University of East Anglia)Value: £613,088The South Atlantic/...
New science supremo Adrian Smith is keen to balance his roles in science and higher education and public engagement