Sucrose given to newborn babies as a routine form of pain relief does not work, according to a study. Instead, the sugar elicits facial expressions in some babies that give the false impression that...
A £2 million internship scheme has been announced for students in Scotland. With the support of the Scottish Funding Council, the Third Sector Internship Programme aims to help students find paid...
A London institution has a new home for its department of media and communications. Goldsmiths, University of London has unveiled its New Academic Building, which includes a large lecture theatre,...
Scientists are developing technology that could enable people to power MP3 players and other devices through clothes and carpets. A team at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and...
Massive cuts in carbon emissions can be achieved while preserving a decent standard of life, according to researchers. Academics at the Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and the Environment at the...
Researchers are investigating a theory that listening to a regular beat could help stroke patients even up the irregular style of walking that is common to the condition. Each year, more than 100,000...
Sports experts have helped create an online tool aimed at inspiring couch potatoes to exercise in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. Researchers from Loughborough University's School of Sport,...
A new model created by a space scientist is bringing the Northern Lights into the classroom. After receiving a research council grant to produce an outreach tool, Jim Wild, lecturer in communication...
Women who have plastic surgery are more likely to criticise the vanity of others than their own, a study has found. Debra Gimlin, senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Aberdeen, surveyed...
Jetlag could be confined to a past time zone after researchers found a way to reset and restart the body clocks of laboratory mice. Teams from the universities of Cambridge and Manchester, funded by...
Work has started on a building to house a Human Biomaterials Resource Centre. The licensed human tissue bank at the University of Birmingham will contain samples from patients with a variety of...
Credit: D. Burke/AlamyThe modern sight of middle-aged men in Lycra battling their way through city traffic on professional racing bikes may be here to stay. A team at the University of the West of...
United Arab Emirates'Free zones' need regulationUniversity branch campuses in Dubai's "free zones" must be regulated or the United Arab Emirates' international reputation could be damaged, experts...
US-style mixed courses give bachelor's boys and girls a head start in research. Cat Davies reports
Progress towards the goals of the Bologna Process is far too slow and in some areas almost non-existent, according to the European Students' Union (ESU).The European Higher Education Area, conceived...