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Earth Sciences

World-leading climate expert to direct Imperial College London’s new climate change Institute

Professor Sir Brian Hoskins FRS is a world-leading authority on climate issues and global weather patterns who uses mathematical models to understand weather…

Environmental Conservation

Cleaner Diesels: Tackling Soot with Laser Technology

Therefore, soot development needs to be tackled at the source. Laser Induced Incandescence (LII) is a technique that reveals exactly where soot is generated…

Social Sciences

Young African Domestic Workers in Yemen: Challenges and Resilience

But even in a relatively poor country such as Yemen, migrants and refugee women do paid domestic work. The majority of these come from the Horn of Africa. Why…

Environmental Conservation

Far flung food: Europe's distant diets

Across the European Union, food is travelling more, and not always in ways that make sense. Consider the chocolate covered waffle: Last year, Britain both…

Business and Finance

Hiring Practices Shaped by Beauty: The Impact on Perception

“When someone is viewed as attractive, they are often assumed to have a number of positive social traits and greater intelligence,” say Carl Senior and Michael…

Physics & Astronomy

Testing time for instrument on Hubble’s successor

MIRI is one of four sophisticated instruments onboard which will study the early universe and properties of materials forming around new born stars in…

Business and Finance

Knowledge Transfer Partnership Boosts Printers Charitable Fund

Cass Business School has partnered with the Printers Charitable Corporation (PCC), a national benevolent fund, and developed a strategic plan which has…

Environmental Conservation

Next-Gen Low Carbon Energy Solutions Launch in UK Universities

The consortium of universities to which the £2.1 million grant has been awarded include the University of Bath, Imperial College London, University of Surrey,…

Health & Medicine

Future of Radiotherapy Innovations in the UK

This announcement is extremely timely, but it is extremely sad that the UK currently has no plans for the newest type of radiotherapy which uses charged…

Information Technology

Exploring New Directions in Chance Discovery Research

The issue on chance discovery (volume 11, issue 5) is guest edited by Akinori Abe and Yukio Ohsawa. Since 2000, invited sessions on chance discovery have been…

Life & Chemistry

New Research Reveals How Neurons Recognize Individuals

Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of…

Health & Medicine

Professor’s involvement in asthma jab which could save lives

Xolair, which blocks the allergic triggers behind 80 per cent of attacks, has been approved for NHS use by the National Institute for Health and Clinical…

Science Education

New Medical Research Manifesto Unveiled in Europe

These are some of the main conclusions presented in a wide-ranging White Paper (policy document) released today by the European Medical Research Councils…

Science Education

University of Nottingham Secures £125M in Research Funding

The university won an unprecedented level of grants for world-changing research in all areas of academic endeavour during the 2006-07 year, across the arts,…

Environmental Conservation

Empowering Africa: Training Water Authorities in Earth Observation

“The course was very useful, especially for those in the field, as tools are very limited in Africa,” Patrick Khisa of Kenya said. Khisa said the course,…

Environmental Conservation

UN Climate Conference in Bali: World’s top climate scientists call for urgent, tough greenhouse gas limits

The roll-call of top climate researchers includes five University of East Anglia scientists: Prof Corinne Le Quéré (also of the British Antarctic Survey), Prof…

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