Imperial College London - The appliance of science
Young people are being given the chance to build robot athletes and develop parachutes that will protect eggs from breaking in a 50-foot test drop. Around 900 young people aged eight to 18 are...
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University of Hertfordshire - If I only had a heart
The first prototype robots capable of developing "emotions" as they interact with humans have been produced by researchers. The project was led by Lola Cãnamero, from the School of Computer Science...
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Bucks New University - A picture of health
A university-partnered scheme that helped to train women from traveller and Gypsy communities as health advocates has been shortlisted for an award. The Wellbeing for Travellers scheme, set up with...
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Notts Trent/Confetti/New College Notts - Camera, lights, action
A new "media creatives foundation course" has been launched in Nottingham. The two-year course is a collaboration between Nottingham Trent University, the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies...
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Southampton/Cambridge - Unlucky break
A major international study on osteoporosis led in the UK by scientists from two universities has found women with the condition suffer more if they had broken a bone when they were younger. The...
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University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - I'll have what she's having
Women follow the crowd when it comes to sexual attraction, according to Welsh scientists. Psychologists from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff have found a scientific reason why female...
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University of Bristol - Whisper in my ear
Scientists have discovered that a species of bat "whispers" its ultrasonic call so that its prey - in particular, moths - cannot hear it coming. The researchers from the University of Bristol's...
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Aston University - Information systems go
The UK's first master's in information systems and business analysis has been launched. Following consultation with international employers, Aston University developed the course with a focus on how...
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University of Leeds - Stick the kettle on
The amount of energy needed to cope with peak demand for electricity could be halved by a new way of storing excess energy. Spikes in demand, such as those that occur during breaks in major televised...
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University of Aberdeen - The Führer's fibs
A historian has uncovered new archive material and personal documents belonging to Adolf Hitler, calling into question the popular understanding of the origins of the Third Reich. Thomas Weber, a...
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Cor blimey, guvnor!
Yer 'avin' a Steffi, ain't yer? The old David brown bread in firty donkey's. Sez oo?Says Paul Kerswill, professor of sociolinguistics at Lancaster University, who claims the cockney language will...
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Old and new cloisters ring to the march of the managers
Academic and support staff report shift to culture of commerce, paper reveals. John Morgan writes
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Odds and quads
This silver plaque appears above the urinals in the men's lavatory at the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library.Businessman and philanthropist Michael Zinman, who claims to lack a "stop gene...
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Charities no panacea for ill effects of medical cuts
Researchers fear scalpel will be taken to specialist areas, with terrible results. Hannah Fearn writes
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THE World University Rankings
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