Italians unveil first cloned horse
Brussels, 07 Aug 2003 Italian scientists have succeeded in producing the first cloned horse, and unlike previously cloned animals, the foal was born to her genetically identical mother. The...
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Summit agrees to improve coordination of global Earth observation
Paris, 07 Aug 2003 High-level delegates from 30 countries and 22 international organisations agreed at the Earth Observation Summit, held last Thursday in Washington, to improve cooperation on Earth...
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Academia Europaea makes further contribution to ERC debate
Brussels, 07 Aug 2003 The Academia Europaea, an international association of scientists, has published a second contribution to the debate on a European Research Council (ERC), which calls for the...
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Ucas Extra scheme fails to scale down clearing
Ucas Extra, which was launched in March to match applicants without places to universities with spaces, will fail to dent the numbers of students entering clearing next Thursday. Just 10 per cent of...
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Big figures but small returns
UK science wins a lot of Framework cash, but changes are needed to make it truly valuable, says Melissa Terras Since 1984, the Framework Programmes have been the European Union's main instrument for...
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Mass exodus leaves King's chemistry department facing axe
Employees of King's College London's respected chemistry department agreed this week that closure was inevitable following a mass exodus of staff and students. The department has been running for...
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Glasgow designers open up rocky road
Student engineers at Glasgow University have designed and built an off-road wheelchair that can climb rough terrain. The prototype was presented to the Firrhill Day Centre in Edinburgh. One of its...
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EU 'red tape' baffles the UK
British scientists are still struggling to cope with the bureaucracy surrounding European research funding, the Commons science and technology committee has warned. In the final report of its inquiry...
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Cyber sleuths hunt for a way to end plagiarism
The furore surrounding the apparent explosion of plagiarism has yet to produce a consensus on the best way to detect or prevent copying and collusion in higher education. A series of touring...
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Whistleblowers: Hefce to take no action over London Met errors
London Metropolitan University made a number of errors in its submissions to the research assessment exercise, according to an investigation by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. But...
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State of study: Rise in degrees as things hot up
Gary Haslam looks at the burgeoning area of travel and tourism in the second of our state of study series Tourism is rarely off the front pages. This week, British Airways is licking its wounds after...
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On the agenda: Mixed staff sentiment, better recognition, pressures on students, governmental blindspots and diversification
STAFF MORALE Carol David, tourism course director at St Mary's College, University of Surrey "It's a new area for us, so there's a lot of interest and curiosity to see how it develops to match what...
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Findings: Sport is behind illegal poison
In the run-up to the start of the grouse-shooting season next Tuesday, research has revealed that some managers of Scotland's grouse moors are illegally poisoning protected birds of prey to maintain...
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Findings: Penis proves multitalented
The human penis is a device that can "scoop out" semen from the female reproductive tract as well as deposit it there, US scientists have discovered, writes Natasha Gilbert. In a study that used...
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Research chief sacked after budget wrangles
The head of France's leading research institution has been sacked after refusing to cooperate with the government over budget cuts. Research minister Claudie Haigneré last week announced that Bernard...