Life's lethal quality control
A US businessman's claims to have found the unseen architect of evolution fell on deaf ears. But after a string of coincidences, some scientists are starting to listen. Geoff Watts reports One day in...
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Putting double helix in its place
Designs for Life
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Target woman
Tuberculosis is no long-gone scourge but a deadly modern-day disease that is increasingly resistant to treatment. Anna Fazackerley meets a woman seeking new ways to attack the bacterium that causes...
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In the news: Tim O'Shea
Tim O'Shea, master of London's Birkbeck College, will be back on an old stamping ground when he becomes principal of the University of Edinburgh in October, succeeding Lord Sutherland. Professor O'...
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Green tea time may be good for your joints
A key ingredient of green tea may provide protection from arthritis. Sheffield University scientists have found that an anti-oxidising enzyme - epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG - seems to halt the...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: David Webb Age: 41 Job: Reader in electronic engineering and member of the photonics research group at Aston...
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Environment suffers damage
The Natural Environment Research Council has cancelled the summer round of its Standard Research Grant awards - worth £10 million - in a bid to address a £13.2 million financial shortfall, The...
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Canada fishes foreign waters
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Canadian universities are seeking unprecedented numbers of new faculty, but critics point out that it is more likely than ever that applicants...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Darren Reynolds Age: 34 Job: Senior lecturer in environmental science/health at the University of the West of England...
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On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Caroline Baillie Age: Definitely five, sometimes 100. Job: Deputy director of the UK Centre for Materials Education...
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Finding a job in the US
If you are a postdoc scientist looking to enhance your career prospects, the United States could be a good place to start. Although the United States is one of the easier foreign countries for...
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RAE 2008: A nod to new blood and a warning to gameplayers
With the rules for the 2008 RAE in place, Anthea Lipsett and Tony Tysome assess the key changes and their impact on departments and individuals The final ground rules that will be used to judge...
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Why I believe that all UK research output should be online
Stevan Harnad Professor of cognitive science Department of electronics and computer science Southampton University. Unlike journalists or book authors, researchers receive no royalties or fees for...
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Wise words to Klingon to
Some Time with Feynman
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Wise words to Klingon to
Some Time with Feynman