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  1. A system in danger of overload

    Is the PhD viva outmoded? Alison Utley talks to one candidate who thinks it destroyed his career, and (below) Ewan Gillon calls for a radical overhaul of the entire Phd process In recent weeks there...

  2. Council boosts biology labs

    The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council thinks it has found a novel and relatively inexpensive approach to the long-standing problem of setting up new centres for big science. It...

  3. Doubts over Pounds 50m seed cash

    A leading venture company has questioned the way the new University Challenge Fund - announced in the budget to provide Pounds 50 million of seed capital for universities - is to be distributed....

  4. Scots get Pounds 7.5m to develop facilities

    The reclamation of "brownfield" sites, the economics of renewable energy sources, high-tech materials for medical uses, and food hygiene and nutrition are among 17 projects backed by the Scottish...

  5. Careers close to critical mass

    Ayala Ochert examines disturbing evidence that shows that only a minority of scientists can look forward to a lifelong career in their chosen field What does a scientist's career have in common with...

  6. Students net Pounds 7,500

    Twenty-nine high-flying engineering students have each been awarded a Pounds 7,500 bursary to help them fulfil their potential as tomorrow's captains of industry. The awards have been made through a...

  7. Pollution winner

    Researchers at UMIST have been awarded Pounds 175,000 for work aimed at developing a treatment for highly polluting liquid that accumulates in landfill sites. The liquid waste contains high levels of...

  8. Smoking puzzle

    Researchers at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School aim to find the link between smoking and a serious and sometimes a fatal problem with one of the body's main arteries, thanks to a Pounds...

  9. British physics pioneer honoured

    A female physicist who campaigned for better opportunities for women scientists has been commemorated by her colleagues. The Institute of Physics has erected a blue plaque in honour of Daphne Jackson...

  10. SPring blossoming for Japan's science

    Japan may only just be starting to develop a national policy on science but its 47 prefectures are competing to be the next Silicon Valley. Martin Ince reports Japanese science, technology and...

  11. Danish women face research bias

    Female Danish researchers are significantly less likely to get a grant from the Danish Medical Research Council than their male colleagues, and the size of the grant is on average only half that...

  12. Flaws of motion

    Have women made such little headway in science because they are incapable or because men are biased? Julia Hinde found that an EU conference on the dismal job prospectsfaced by female scientists had...

  13. Aussies bet Pounds 118,000 on Scots

    Fiona Macleod discovers how two Scottish universities are helping the Australian horse racing industry shorten the odds in its battle against injury and disease Gambling on horses begins long before...

  14. Euro web pilot aims to boost science profile

    An innovative project to start an on-line press centre for European scientific research will be launched as a pilot service at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of...