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The true character of writing
Alpha Beta - Chinese - Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Writing
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A single McLuhan but twice the Blairs
Good to Talk? - The Language Imperative
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Lives dedicated to learning language
How the Brain Evolved Language
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Cracks in the foundations
By colluding with the City in replacing an East End market with office blocks, London Guildhall University risks destroying a community, argues William Taylor. After the talk, the tea, the custard...
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Cryptography, qubits and the art of being in two places at once
From Whitehall to the White House, a quantum computer could crack any code. Justin Mullins talks to scientists in the race to build a 'supercomputer' Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/And sorry I...
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College or a sex life? The choice is yours...
When Lorna Sage went to Durham University, she scored two firsts. One took three years of study and came with honours - the other she achieved when, as a wife and mother, she was allowed to enrol on...
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A detective who retraced steps on the road to hell
Policeman-turned-Phd-student Robin O'Neil's research took him to Belzec, where in 1942, 700,000 Jews died at the hands of another ex-policeman. Steve Farrar reports. Robin O'Neil has seen more than...
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Lima
The rector of Lima's Ricardo Palma University has called on Peru's supreme court to reverse a local court decision to acquit the previous rector of charges of appropriation of funds and fraud...
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Samsun
Staff at 19th Mayais University are planning a 400km march from Samsun to the Turkish capital, Ankara, to protest at the appointment of a rector by the higher education authority, Yok, when staff had...
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Tbilisi
Georgia's ministry of education has postponed the opening of the new academic year from the traditional date of September 1 to September 18 because of a drought that has caused a severe shortage of...
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Nappy the key to diabetic pill
Most patients suffering from diabetes would prefer a pill than the painful injections many endure. Medicines such as insulin cannot be swallowed as they get broken down by the acid in the stomach...
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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...