Spin dry online
Students in the US need never worry that someone is interfering with their wash after the launch of a cyberlaundry service. The eSuds system uses washers and dryers linked to the internet to allow...
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True-blue boozing
Tory students at the University of Sheffield have an unusual approach to recruiting freshers. On the university's website, Richard Clough, the former president of Conservative Future Sheffield,...
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Elementary celebrity
Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood and James Bond are among the best-known Britons in Russia, according to a poll of Russian students conducted by the British Council. While royalty and politicians...
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Why so little attention to such a big disease?
As HIV/Aids sweeps through Africa, many universities are acting as if it is business as usual, writes Alan Whiteside. HIV is probably the most studied virus of all time. Since it was identified,...
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Today's news
We are cool, Conservatives to tell students Iain Duncan Smith is to lead the Conservative Party on a “live and unplugged tour” of Britain’s universities. Shadow ministers will try to persuade...
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Historian ditches 'naive' UK
One of Oxford's top historians, who is poised to leave for the US, has criticised the "naive egalitarian assumptions" made about higher education funding in the UK. Niall Ferguson, professor of...
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Two-slit, you are simply stunning
The most beautiful experiment in physics involves passing single electrons through a double slit in a demonstration of quantum mechanics. Readers of the magazine Physics World and the website...
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Green students scoop £400,000
The BP Conservation Programme, which supports student-led field projects around the world, is to treble the amount of funding it makes available, writes Steve Farrar. The scheme, which is inviting...
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Scientists round on bestselling author
The academic knives are out for Stephen Wolfram, the scientist who snubbed modern scientific convention to publish his ideas in a bestselling book. Leading figures in complexity theory have accused...
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Looking forward, and back from 9/11
As September 11 approaches, THES writers look at research in the US and UK in the wake of the attacks and US academia's fight to present a balanced view. A year is too short a time for most scholars...
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Liberal minds not welcome
As September 11 approaches, THES writers look at research in the US and UK in the wake of the attacks and US academia's fight to present a balanced view. For a fair number of US academics, September...
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Students clamour for courses
As September 11 approaches, THES writers look at research in the US and UK in the wake of the attacks and US academia's fight to present a balanced view. US sharpens judgement This autumn, two dozen...
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What if nothing at all has changed?
As September 11 approaches, THES writers look at research in the US and UK in the wake of the attacks and US academia's fight to present a balanced view. The US has rejected an opportunity to reflect...
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Tragedy grapples with gap between human meaningfulness and despair
In following the excavation efforts at Ground Zero, Jennifer Wallace was struck by how we mirror the theatrical tragedy in trying to answer shocking loss with a reminder of the value of those we...
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Revealing the Red Planet
Next June, Leicester University will embark on a mission to Mars - via the Beagle II lander, which it helped to design. Geoff Watts reports. From December next year, if all goes well, a small patch...