They are playing hard ball in Wisconsin. The state university system has voted to suspend undergraduate admissions to its 26 campuses in response to a cut of $51 million (£36.2 million) in its state...
Unsterile injections, which may have led to the emergence of Aids, show the risks of using new, poorly understood technologies inmedicine, argues Ernest Drucker. Darwin taught us that although...
Marion Nestle and Chris Bunting open a four-page special on food and the future with a look at the power of the US and UK food industries. Each week, the average Briton gulps down about two litres of...
Marion Nestle and Chris Bunting open a four-page special on food and the future with a look at the power of the US and UK food industries. In my 25 years as a nutrition educator in the United States...
Functional food could solve the problems of starvation and obesity, says Robert Pickard. Human beings in the developed world no longer see food simply as fuel for life. Individuals look to food to...
Food scientists, once considered altruists, are now seen as driven purely by commerce. They will regain public trust only by answering tough questions, says Tim Lang. The past 20 years have shocked...
Faced with diminishing natural resources and millions of people suffering from malnutrition, we must consider the use of GM foods to sustain the future, says Philip Dale. Last year genetically...
As sectarian violence flares up, Mohan Luthra and Kulbir Natt look at reactions to the plan of India's Hindu-backed ruling party to rewrite school history books with an emphasis on 'religious values...
Gay rights campaigners must address the diverse mores of different cultural groups, argues Alan Sinfield. " When gays and lesbians are attacked, it's particularly viciousI They aren't just punched....
The creative growth of the director of the Inuit film Atanarjuat mirrored the flowering of his native territory, Nunavut, writes Michael Bravo. Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner), the Inuit-made feature...
Lesley Dawson recalls the struggle to motivate her Palestinian students as they lived with occupation and war. Recent news items from Israel and Palestine and emails from friends in Bethlehem and...
Brussels, 13 March 2002 While expenditure on research and development (R&D)1 accounted for an average of 1.87% of GDP in the EU in 1998, the four regions2 that were most active in this field...
Brussels, 13 March 2002 A number of high profile requests have been made prior to the European Council due to take place in Barcelona on 14 and 15 March, including calls for it to give appropriate...
Brussels, 13 March 2002 Researchers and policy-makers will soon have the opportunity to visit the site of a project, based in La Spezia, Northern Italy, on the use of plants to 'clean' land polluted...
Brussels, 13 March 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has issued a prior information notice for calls for tenders for services, commerce, tourism, e-business and IDA (interchange of data...