Darwin's house waits for windfall
The campaign to save Down House, the decaying home of Charles Darwin, failed to win money in the National Heritage Lottery Fund's latest announcements made last week. The delay brings the Natural...
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ROPA research 'has drawbacks'
An independent body should review a Pounds 70 million university-industry research initiative before the scheme is expanded, recommends the Royal Society. In a study of recent developments in peer...
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Genes on the mind
The identification of genes that contribute to mental diseases, such as schizophrenia and manic depression, is one of the biggest challenges facing geneticists, according to Sir Walter Bodmer,...
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Birley leaves natural heritage for Edinburgh hot seat
Tim Birley, former head of the Scottish Office rural affairs and natural heritage division, has been appointed director of Edinburgh University's centre for human ecology which has won a reprieve...
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Universities set to flex economic muscle in battle to stave off cuts
Scottish higher education institutions are preparing to battle against funding cuts, armed with a report which shows higher education as a key player in the Scottish economy, writes Olga Wojtas. Iain...
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Sister act
(Photograph) - Sister act: A celebration of women being played out at Bolton Institute of Higher Education last week as part of a voyage of creative discovery for six female access students. The...
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Roman cemetery found
Remains dating back to the third century have been unearthed by builders working at the Caerleon campus of Gwent College of Higher Education. Caerleon, the Roman town of Isca, was home to 10,000...
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Net gain in salmon super race
Leading fish researchers are trying to calm panic over the news that a Scottish company may take part in trials on genetically engineered super-salmon. A number of environmental groups are alarmed...
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Bread like mummy's
A Cambridge scientist has used her loaf to bake bread just as the ancients did. Her recipe has included bits of old bread lying in museums, state-of-the-art imaging techniques and a talent for home...
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Oil pollution monitor wins top green prize
A team of scientists developing a device for monitoring oil pollution has won the top prize in a new environmental award scheme. The instrument makes use of the latest advances in opto-electronics...
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Waste changes in the pipeline
Domestic waste water is a complex and delicate subject, particularly the various items which find their way into sewers and are technically known as "gross sanitary solids". These include sanitary...
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White males fight the freeze
White male professors at Northern Arizona University have brought a lawsuit claiming they are the victims of sex equality run amok. George Rudenbusch, an associate professor of philosophy, claims he...
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Hangings provoke student unrest
Security was stepped up at Nigerian universities this week as students staged a two-day boycott of lectures in protest at the executions of novelist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight pro-Ogoni campaigners. In...
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A fudge too far
Einstein's Greatest Blunder? The Cosmological Constant and Other Fudge Factors in the Physics of the Universe - Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology
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Black mark on Weimar
Paper and Iron - Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class