Stepping out of rivals' shadow
Poland and its history have been neglected. A research centre at Stirling intends to remedy that situation. Olga Wojtas reports. German history is a solid undergraduate and postgraduate discipline in...
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Prevention is the best medicine on Mars
Ensuring that astronauts on a three-year mission to Mars remain healthy is a daunting challenge, writes Steve Farrar. When the first man or woman sets foot on Mars, it will mark a high point in human...
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New blood to revive Inserm
The head of France's national medical research institute outlines his priorities for Jane Marshall. Inserm, France's national institute of health and medical research, has a new leader. Last month,...
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Our ancestors were insulting
Contrary to the suspicions of middle England, it seems the language of the street is politer than it once was. Analysis of court records has revealed that public insults have declined in London since...
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Wine comes out clean
Most conventional wine is as free of pesticide chemicals as its organic counterpart, a five-year survey has shown. In most cases, analysis of 1,537 wines failed to find traces of synthetic compounds...
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Caught in web of click to learn
Net-based teaching is growing, but Gareth Davies believes that this is not always such a good idea. Information technology in teaching is a wonderful thing, but so is chocolate. There are times when...
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Agony Aunt: reading material availability
Q : Students complain that the library is too busy and they can't afford to buy books. How can I help? A : The most useful thing you can do is to let your library have copies of your reading lists...
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To get the people in, first listen
Mary Stuart knows at first hand the life of the inner-city poor. Now a Sussex pro vice-chancellor, she is determined to give them every chance to attend university, writes Pat Leon. Mary Stuart was a...
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Immune system wins by a nose
If men cannot help acting on Impulse then it may be all down to their genes. Tests on 137 male and female students at Bern University in Switzerland have revealed that the fragrances people select...
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Oxford and OU may e-link
Oxford University and the Open University have been in discussions about establishing a collaborative venture, Open Oxford, that would bring together the OU's experience of distance learning with the...
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Science dropout rates cause Irish concern
More than a quarter of students who enrol in computer science courses in Irish universities fail to complete their studies, according to the first national study of non-completion rates. Concern over...
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Ideas cast in all corners
Twelve of the world's top academics have come together to provide a global lecture service, launched on Monday. The 12, including Richard Dawkins, Sir David Weatherall, and business guru John Kay,...
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For-profit pioneer muscles in on market
For the first time, a for-profit private institution has been given the go-ahead to grant Canadian bachelor degrees. The Alberta government passed a recent order to accredit the United States-based...
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Confident student finds £400,000 in data chaos
An Edinburgh University PhD student has won business angel backing of £400,000 for innovative software he believes will help people "make sense of information chaos". Alex Heneveld, an American...
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Antenna makes mobiles smaller and safer
Safer and more efficient mobile phones the size of a credit card are on the horizon after a chance discovery by a Warwick University engineer. Roger Green has come up with a revolutionary new antenna...