University of Derby - Bandwidth of sisters
Most modern feminists prefer online activism to physical protests, according to research. A survey of 1,265 feminists, carried out by the University of Derby, says that more than twice as many prefer...
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University of Strathclyde - Send in the marine technology
A research institute for marine technologies has opened in Scotland. The Strathclyde Marine Institute at the University of Strathclyde will study the performance of offshore energy technology plus...
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University of Abertay Dundee - Elementary, my dear data
Tracking criminals' digital footprints will be the focus of an undergraduate course. The degree in digital forensics at the University of Abertay Dundee will prepare students to work in police...
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Edinburgh Napier University - Hearing you loud and clear
People with impaired hearing could benefit from an invention developed by a student in product design. Elaine McLuskey, from Edinburgh Napier University, has designed a futuristic "social sphere"...
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Portsmouth/Southampton - Particles of the waves
Volcanic ash from Iceland may have caused disruption for many, but it has also allowed marine researchers in the North Atlantic to conduct a unique experiment. A team from the University of...
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University of Cambridge - State-sponsored science
The origins of the longitude system used to chart how far east or west a ship at sea had reached will be the subject of a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council....
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University of Southampton - Crystal clear
A £3.5 million state-of-the-art facility is being set up in southern England to help scientists across the UK study chemical structures at the atomic and molecular levels. The National X-ray...
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Bucks New University - Can-didgeridoo attitude
Students on a leadership and management master's course have incorporated a key skill into their studies - playing the didgeridoo. Instruction on how to play the Australian instrument was given to...
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University of Nottingham - Solar flair
A cookery masterclass and dinner parties marked the public unveiling of Britain's entry to an international sustainable-architecture competition. Engineering and architecture students at the...
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London School of Economics - Fifth and first
The University of Cape Town has become the London School of Economics' fifth foreign institutional partner. The deal is LSE's first formal alliance with an African university, and will pave the way...
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Birkbeck, University of London - Tongue-tied tea party
Researchers have discovered that a cup of tea can leave its drinker speechless. Li Wei, a professor at the department of applied linguistics and communication at Birkbeck, University of London, led a...
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Imperial College London - Heap is on
A tonne of food waste will be saved from landfill every week by a London college thanks to a newly designed composting unit. The device at Imperial College London has been created on the back of...
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University of East Anglia - Archives of pain
Researchers are looking for people who have experienced traumas such as car accidents, assaults or natural disasters to help them with a new study. The project at the University of East Anglia will...
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Ocean's rich fabric
The coral reef beneath this trapeze is part of an exhibition of extraordinary crochet being held at Trinity College Dublin's Science Gallery. The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is described as an "...
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Odds and quads
These artworks were created by The Painting Fool, a program that "aspires to be an artist". The software was developed by Simon Colton, Michel Valstar and Maja Pantic, computer scientists at Imperial...