Hymns and healing
St Andrews University theologian Ian Bradley appeared yesterday on a US Thanksgiving Day television broadcast explaining the role of hymns in helping people in the aftermath of the World Trade Center...
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Engineering aids
A Loughborough University-led project is seeking to help future engineers improve their maths skills. Loughborough's David Green and Joe Ward are leading a three-year study, which is being conducted...
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Big skills 'mess' will take a year to sort out
It could take a year for further education colleges to breathe new life into a skills training system described as a "mess" by trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt, college heads warned this...
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Scots to shelve cash for all plan
The Scottish Executive seems set to ignore a parliamentary committee's proposal for a learning entitlement for all because it would be too expensive to implement, writes Olga Wojtas. But it has...
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Jubilant Aberdeen exceeds fundraising target
Aberdeen University will reveal next week that it has exceeded the first target in its ambitious £150 million fundraising campaign, the largest ever attempted by any UK higher education institution...
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Researchers get the lowdown on wooing FP6 cash
The government is intent on raising the proportion of European funding flowing into British laboratories with an initiative spearheaded by a special conference. More than 400 UK scientists questioned...
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Minuscule creatures that carry a heavy load
Industrial Microbiology
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a new translation of the world's earliest novel: "In a certain reign (whose can it have been?) someone...
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A general guide to growing up, gene by gene
Principles of Development
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Want to meet some knockout mice? Here's how...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Automatic revelation at a price
A New Kind of Science Explorer
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Up against a tide of denial
Truth and Truthfulness
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The perfect portfolio for God's favourite creature
Living Jewels
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Neanderthal still walks among us
Mapping Human History
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Marine beauties display their all
The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals