Horde of the flies is key to disease
A group of London University medical students is preparing for seven weeks of sun, sea and sand flies in a bid to help combat a potentially fatal parasitic disease. The eight students from the Royal...
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Is everybody happy . . . how do you know?
What does the word "unhappy" make you think of? Your answer to this question could show how your memory works, and this in turn could indicate how likely you are to attempt suicide. At the University...
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Rise of the selfish society
The erosion of accountability in public life is the result of the creation of a complex network of interdependence rather than simpler bureaucracies, according to a group of social scientists...
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Captain autopilot goes to sea
Crewless ships steered by computer-controlled autopilots could become reality in the next century, with the help of a University of Plymouth project which has been investigating marine control...
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Shellfish reveal cocktail of contaminants in sea
Contaminants in the shells of clams, cockles and limpets indicate pollution levels in the seas and rivers in which they live, writes Iola Smith. Traditionally, shellfish have not been used to monitor...
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Distant voices, still lives
If you had behavioural problems at the age of ten you are twice as likely to be living in a stressful place at the age of 28, research at a pioneering centre at the Institute of Psychiatry in London...
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The visitor snatchers
The site of Edinburgh University's new International Social Sciences Institute has a chequered history, according to legend. Former inhabitants allegedly include a group of Dominican friars who spent...
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Industrialists and academics envisage licence for skill
The Royal Society of Edinburgh and Scottish Enterprise have been bringing together academics and industrialists in a bid to capitalise on Scotland's scientific research, writes Olga Wojtas. Their...
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Year delay for Higher Still
Michael Forsyth, noted for the speed of his reforms when he was Scottish Office education minister, has postponed a second educational reform since his appointment last month as Secretary of State...
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Coventry gets Pounds 5m for tech park
Coventry University has won the urban regeneration lottery by receiving a Pounds 5 million grant from the European Regional Development Fund for a 17-acre technology park. The university, which is...
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Design a robot
(Photograph) - Design a robot: engineering students from around the world took part in a robot design competition earlier this month at Cambridge University's department of engineering. Groups of...
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Worm work wins medal
Howard Atkinson at the University of Leeds has won the Research Medal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England for his work on tiny worms called nematodes, which cost world agriculture $100...
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Fears over flood of racism cases
The growing caseload of compensation claims against allegedly "racist" university and college employers is alarming education managers. They fear an increasing number of frivolous industrial tribunal...
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UK research spending lags but still bucks the trend
The United Kingdom is defying the international norm by increasing research and development expenditure, according to statistics produced by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
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Move to protect 'unique' subjects
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is considering "limited protection" for departments which are unique in Scotland or whose subject is considered vital. The council has already warned...