Bugs beware frogs
A substance produced by American bullfrogs could be used to combat methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Researchers at St Andrews University found that ranalexin, which is produced by the...
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Puttnam joins OU
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate has been installed as the new chancellor of the Open University. Brenda Gourley, the vice-chancellor, said his experience of evening-class study to further his education...
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Healthy accolades
Forty of the UK's leading medical researchers and doctors have been elected to the fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Cambridge University academics make up the largest number of fellows...
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Past impressions
A research centre dedicated to research into life in the 18th century has been opened by Liverpool University. The centre will be the largest of its kind in the UK and the first to work with other...
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New tour of duty
Former brigadier John Hoskinson has been appointed pro vice-chancellor (strategic planning and resources) of Northampton University. Mr Hoskinson, whose Army career included tours in Northern Ireland...
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It's good to talk science
Two young academics from Glasgow University have won awards for science communication from the British Association for the Advancement of Science. As a result, Karen Spencer and Rob Jenkins will...
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Nanocentre opens
York University has stepped up its research into nanomaterials with the opening of the York Jeol Nanocentre. Pratibha Gai, Jeol professor of electron microscopy, and Edward Boyes of the departments...
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An enterprising lot
Students from Nottingham University have been dubbed the most enterprising in the UK for the third year running. A team of 70 undergraduates from the Nottingham University Business School has won the...
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Men put their oar in
Bristol University rowers took the senior men's title at the 12th Bristol Universities Varsity Boat Race at the weekend. The women's competition was won by a team from the University of the West of...
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Prize for course leader
Spinder Dhaliwal, of the School of Management at Surrey University, has received the annual India International Foundation Award for Achievement in Education. Dr Dhaliwal, a programme leader for the...
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Keep looking
Moving one's eyes from side to side for 30 seconds can boost memory by up to 10 per cent, Andrew Parker, a psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, has found. Horizontal eye movements are...
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PhD grants available
The Responsibility in Gambling Trust has extended the deadline for applications to its PhD funding programme until May 18. The trust, an independent charity set up to tackle problem gambling,...
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Brainstorming time
Researchers have for the first time identified a part of the brain that coordinates the annual biological clock that affects how we deal with seasonal change. The research, from Edinburgh University...
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Homeless hear music
Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge Music Therapy Clinic has been awarded funds to run a music therapy project for the homeless in Cambridge. In partnership with the homeless people's charity...
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Find of the forest
An international research team including a Cardiff expert has identified some of the Earth's earliest forest trees, dating back 385 million years. Christopher Berry, of Cardiff's School of Earth,...