Fingerprints by magnet
Police forces have been rushing to buy fingerprint technology developed by a University of Wales professor, that has been on sale for the past three weeks. The new method produces much clearer...
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The cool way to shape chocolate
More than 20 years of fundamental research by Cambridge University's Malcolm Mackley on the behaviour of plastics during extrusion has led to an unexpected and remarkable breakthrough in chocolate...
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NVQs pass tough admissions test
ATHES survey has found a cautious welcome for NVQs and GNVQs in higher education despite the teething problems. Tony Tysome reports. Britain's most controversial qualifications have been given a...
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TEC debt writ large for colleges
Four further education colleges are poised to sue the Employment Department over its handling of the collapse of a London training and enterprise council. The colleges have asked lawyers to begin...
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You dirty rat queen
Zoologists have discovered a mammal whose queen uses sheer force of personality to suppress the fertility of most of her subjects. The queen of an African mole rat colony spends her time pushing and...
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Ulster dream in limbo
A secret report has said the planned Pounds 98 million "peaceline" campus in West Belfast is not economic. The confidential document, which has enraged senior academics at the University of Ulster,...
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Industry eyes on leading edge
Scientists who pay serious attention to forging links with industry are not necessarily more successful at doing so than those who see their research role as exclusively academic, according to a...
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Dundee unveils institute
Five teams of researchers at Dundee University are to investigate the causes of stroke and Alzheimer's disease in a new Pounds 1 million research institute. The university, Scottish Enterprise...
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Howler competition
"Once more unto the beach, dear friends". The 1995 Howler Competition is hereby declared open. Entries to The THES by July 28, bottle of Chateau Antithesis to the winner.
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Pulling strings
(Photograph) - Pulling strings: Hugh Walker, principal of Anniesland College in Glasgow, meets some of the learning aids in the college's higher national diploma in puppetry. The new course, Scotland...
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Pulp students
Move over, Quentin Tarantino. Edinburgh College of Art this week presented the work of its final-year film and television students. Among the highlights: "unexplained bodies in the street, blood-...
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Consistent cloud
As long as climate policy is consistent, that is all that matters. Michael Grubb, speaking on carbon dioxide emissions policy to the Royal Institute of International Affairs last week, told of the...
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Word of mouth
The House of Commons gave its blessing recently to the creation of "oral scientific histories", because they enrich the history of science. Haven't dental records been around for decades?
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Cash captains
Medical academics are annually aggrieved by the timelag between their review body determining their pay award, and the universities actually handing over the cash. But perhaps in future the wait will...
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Lang sigh
And disappointment for the Committee of Scottish 糖心Vlog Principals, due to have current Scottish secretary Ian Lang address their annual dinner last Friday night. Mr Lang, a prominent...