St George should be replaced as the national symbol of England by the oak tree, argues an academic. Markus Eichhorn, a tree expert from the School of Biology at the University of Nottingham, makes...
A team of academics has visited the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland as part of a study into evacuation procedures during major disasters. The visit was undertaken by scholars from the Centre for...
Researchers are developing a computer game to help highly self-critical people identify kindness in others. Psychologists at the University of Derby and Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust...
A grant of £45,000 has opened up an archive of recorded sound material in Scotland. The University of Aberdeen received the gift from Biffaward - a fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife...
A scholarship programme is to give students from Africa the chance to study in the UK. The grants at the University of East Anglia will cover tuition fees for four African PhD students from...
A pioneering study is to examine whether young adults at risk of developing Type-2 diabetes can be persuaded to live less sedentary lives. Researchers from Loughborough University's School of Sport,...
England's World Cup group rivals Slovenia could provide a stiff challenge if they are cut from the same cloth as academics from the country, a study has suggested. Scholars from the Central European...
Scientists have pinpointed the exact date and location used by Claude Monet to paint five famous pictures. For four paintings of Waterloo Bridge and one of Charing Cross Bridge, scientists at the...
China and India are emerging as key global players, but the disputed Himalayan border remains an obstacle to closer cooperation between the two countries. A two-day conference at the University of...
A "multisensory celebration of diving" and a musical form of fencing were among 20 cultural events and artworks staged at a London university to mark the launch of a national celebration of the...
A business school in the North East of England has achieved accreditation from an international body that certifies business and finance colleges around the world. Newcastle University Business...
A question that may until now have taxed only safari tourists has finally been solved: giraffes can swim, at least in theory. Darren Naish, a vertebrate palaeontologist at the University of...
The Siege of Paris, the climax of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870- 71, marked one of the turning points in European history.It led to a disastrous French defeat, the loss of the territory of Alsace-...
Jewish pre-eminence in 20th-century science was not a result of their genes. Matthew Reisz reports
Thinker tackles 'concrete, practical problem' and offers some home truths. Matthew Reisz writes