Light shines on wings of colour
Researchers at Exeter University are harnessing the power of a new supercomputer to understand how attention-seeking butterflies make life so complicated. The examination of the structure of...
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Distance learning dismissed as just empty promises
Distance educators and their corporate partners in online instruction are following the path taken by the promoters of the first correspondence course, who were offering the public empty promises 100...
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The messy truth behind the quality assessment truce
All the organisations involved in the recent agreement on quality assurance are keen to put on a good face and claim victory for their position. The truth is messier. A number of factors are at work...
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GlaxoSmithKline deal should ring alarm bells
Beecham and Wellcome, the two most resonant names in British pharmaceuticals, will not be the only casualties of the Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham merger. Rationalisation will mean job losses...
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Ban battery methods
With a select committee about to start looking into HE, Gordon Marsden calls for an RAE that rewards all-round excellence. New century, new research assessment exercise. But will the 2001 RAE do the...
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The sour, unsavoury taste of food standards
Tim Lang is disappointed by the new UK and European food bodies, dismissing them as political tools rather than consumers' champions. Last Wednesday, in a delicious coincidence, the top brass at the...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds avaiable for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk. THE ARES-SERONO FOUNDATION www.serono.ch/fellows/award.htm Since...
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How to help students with dyslexia
WHAT Dyslexia is often misdiagnosed by educators, writes Jennifer Currie WHY Because disability law expects universities to have support structures. HOW Picture the scene: a first-year film studies...
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Cutting edge
Was Anglo-Saxon Britain invaded en masse or did just a handful of warriors attack? The answer lies in tooth enamel. Faced with two skeletons in an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery, how would archaeologists...
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How many aspirin can you find in an English physic garden?
Many modern medicines are derived from plants. Clare Sansom takes a turn round a garden specialising in healing herbs. The healing power of chemicals in plants has been known for millennia. But when...
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From poison pen to golden handshake
A medical researcher in Toronto sent intimidating letters to a rival's supporters. He now fears losing his job. Philip Fine reports. Last year, Gideon Koren was awarded Canada's first chair in child...
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A solution to moon illusion
A father-and-son team believe they have cracked an age-old mystery of the heavens: why does the moon appear much bigger when it is rising or setting near the horizon than it does when it is high in...
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Chicken eggs fight disease
Scientists are to create transgenic chickens that lay eggs crammed with disease-fighting human antibodies, writes Steve Farrar. A team of experts from Origen Therapeutics, a United States biotech...
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US Yale forces Welsh college to change name
Yale College in Wrexham, a further education college, is being forced to change its name by its American namesake, Yale University. The college, named Yale since 1972, submitted after a threat of...