Pounds 10m centre to unlock brain's secrets
Understanding of the most sophisticated and complex machine known to man, the human brain, is set for a major boost thanks to a Pounds 10 million gift for the establishment of a world-class research...
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Government launches air pollutant study
The government has announced a new Pounds 900,000 research programme to investigate the health effects of chemical pollutants in the environment. Proposals are being sought for the programme, which...
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Europe backs multimedia research
The European Commission has selected 29 multimediaresearch projects for funding under its INFO2000 programme. The projects, worth a total of 10.7 million Ecus (Pounds 7 million) cover four sectors:...
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Bristol launches ESRC database
A database holding detailed information on social science research awards by the Economic and Social Research Council has been launched by Bristol University. Called Regard, and developed by the...
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Virtual reality study spawns 16 real jobs
The University of Teesside has won Pounds 2 million to help transferits expertise in virtual reality to small and medium firms. Backed by the European Regional Development Fund, thefunding will...
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Whitehall fillip for UK space industry
The United Kingdom space industry is expected to win more than Pounds 50 million of business as a direct result of a Pounds million injection into the European Space Agency, according to science...
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UMIST unveils management unit
UMIST has established a new centre for research in the management of corporate projects. The initiative will mean an expansion of UMIST's Project Management Group, which has a strong reputation for...
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Minister pledges debates to air gene worries
Science minister John Battle has announced that a round of public consultations on biological research will take place next summer. He said genetic research in particular holds considerable promise...
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Maudsley aims for insight into schizophrenia
Doctors are hoping to gain a better understanding of the thought processes of schizophrenic patients thanks to a new research programme at London's Maudsley Hospital. People with schizophrenia have...
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Welcome to Research
This week The THES launches its Research monthly, a new part of the paper which will normally appear on the third Friday of each month. It will provide a new service to the higher education community...
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Re-establish centres of excellence
James L. Bowen says that to halt the damaging effects of NHS changes, one body is needed to bring together medical teaching, practice and research Recent correspondence, stimulated by the report of...
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The unspeakable spectre of 'Big C'
TERATOLOGIES: A CULTURAL STUDY OF CANCER. By Jackie Stacey. Routledge, 290pp Pounds 45.00 and Pounds 13.99. ISBN 0 415 14959 2 and 14960 6 Teratologies is a book that tells stories. But the stories...
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Recasting of the European cash pot
Tony Tysome charts the development of research funding in Europe The Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration holds the European Union's main cashpot for...
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Why medicine is stricken by success
THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO MANKIND:A MEDICAL HISTORY OF HUMANITY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT. By Roy Porter. HarperCollins 831pp, Pounds 24.99.ISBN 0 00 2151731. By a happy coincidence this book...
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The radical assault on our health
FREE RADICALS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS: ENVIRONMENT, DRUGS AND FOOD ADDITIVES.Edited by C. Rice-Evans, B. Halliwell and G. G. Lunt. Portland Press 6pp, Pounds 65.00. ISSN 0067 8694. FREE RADICALS IN...