Oil aids cancer treatment
Evening primrose, a popular nutritional supplement, has been credited with a variety of beneficial properties. Researchers have now found the oil may also help cancer patients recover following...
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Sources of research funding
Each week this section lists funds available to academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to: research@thes.co.uk NUFFIELD FOUNDATION www.nuffieldfoundation.org Oliver Bird Fund...
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High fliers
(Photograph) - High fliers: school-leavers who train as Royal Air Force pilots and navigators will be able to count their training towards as much as half an Open University degree, under a scheme to...
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Nature boy
(Photograph) - Nature boy: a performance artist at the recent Between Nature conference at Lancaster University, organised by the centre of environmental change and the department of theatre studies
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California introduces means test grants for different fees
Boston California plans to guarantee tuition subsidies for nearly a third of high-school graduates from next year in a "historic" move that bucks the trend away from government grants in the United...
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At sea without a chart
It's high time the UK developed a national policy on marine issues, says Jacqueline McGlade The oceans and seas are of economic and social importance to the United Kingdom: they provide natural...
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Jokes
I say, I say, I say, did you know that the only way to study one people's jokes is to compare them with those of another? Why are the Jews pre-eminent at inventing and telling jokes, in particular,...
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Death shock to a dying council
Why did Argentina's leading cardiologist commit suicide? Domenico Pacitti reports on mounting unrest in a system in dire need of reform The suicide of Argentina's foremost cardiologist, Rene Geronimo...
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How to keep a cat in limbo
Schrodinger's cat may be about to escape the atomic world for the first time. Physicists have designed an experiment to discover whether one of the great conundrums of quantum mechanics is possible...
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We prefer our own smell
When it comes to body chemistry, how does our choice of perfume influence the signals we send out? Manfred Milinski, at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and Claus Wedekind, at the University of...
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Our star would be lost in the constellation
The United Kingdom should not rush into joining the European Southern Observatory, argues David Carter Whether or not to join the European Southern Observatory (THES, August 11) is an important...
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UK spin-offs match US
Large research-led universities in the United Kingdom are as good as their North American counterparts at starting market-leading spin-off companies, according to a report out this week. Between 20...
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Salaries too low to attract top dogs
Low pay for college managers is leading to a recruitment crisis, further education chiefs warned as they released details of top salaries this week. The sector is struggling to fill vacancies in key...
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Cambridge University and the Macclesfield Newton Collection
(Photograph) - Cambridge University has launched an appeal to support its purchase of the Macclesfield Newton Collection, a major archive of Sir Issac Newton's letters and papers, which has been...
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Lab crisis as poor pay hits staff quality
Some British universities are recruiting sub-standard researchers because of a shortage of high-calibre candidates. In a survey of deans of science, carried out by the pressure group Save British...