Popeye put his trust in spinach, and parents everywhere tell their children that carrots will help them see in the dark, but scientists are on a quest to prove that broccoli tops the vegetable pops....
Consumer anger with front-line staff over poor service is fuelled by advertising promises rather than individual character traits, researchers have claimed. A study by University of Bath academics...
Rarely seen photographs and film footage from the Second World War have been set to a new musical composition by two academics. Dark Formations features images of Allied bombing raids on Germany...
Scientists at two London institutions have found that children under 12 do not combine sensory inputs to make sense of the world as adults do. The team at University College London and Birkbeck,...
The impact of the Pope's visit to the UK last week will be studied by Scottish researchers. A 15-strong team of event experts at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh have been appointed by the...
A prototype light shade made of pressed paper is just one of the items on display at Tent London, one of the biggest shows at this week's London Design Festival. The shade was designed by Simon...
A new £5 million facility will serve as the home of an important medical centre in Yorkshire. The Centre for Immunology and Infection is a joint venture by the University of York's department of...
Research has shed valuable light on the cognitive strengths and weaknesses characteristic of people with autism spectrum disorders. The study was carried out by Elizabeth Pellicano, senior lecturer...
Making biofuel from material such as wood or straw may be easier following the discovery of a key plant enzyme by scientists. University of Cambridge researchers identified and studied the genes for...
KenyaBonds: licence to expandKenya plans to sell 10 billion shillings (£79.5 million) of bonds to finance an expansion of its universities that would stop students from being turned away owing to...
Ministerial 'bungle' distracts attention from sector's major problems. Simon Baker writes
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Yale UniversityDaniel SpielmanDaniel Spielman, professor of computer science and applied mathematics at Yale University, has won the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, one of the highest honours in his field....
One of the UK's most prestigious research-intensive universities has wealth on a par with a small liberal arts college in rural Missouri. This is one of the lessons from a league table of university...
Business secretary still seeks progressive system linking payments to earnings. Simon Baker reports