A patent for the cancer-resistant 'oncomouse' is being disputed. Philip Fine reports from Montreal. A controversial patent case surrounding a genetically manipulated laboratory animal could soon be...
Do single-cell organisms have intelligence? Slime mould, for one, can solve a maze and find food. It is a common insult in Japan to hear someone ridiculed as "one-cellular," indicating minimal mental...
If mosquitoes lost their taste for human blood or could no longer play host to Plasmodium, the malaria parasite, there would be 1 million fewer deaths every year. The development of mosquitoes with...
The UfI's chief executive tells Tony Tysome how learndirect works for learners and institutions. Anne Wright, chief executive of the University for Industry, does not look amused. I have unexpectedly...
At least three American universities have cancelled study-abroad programmes in the United Kingdom and Ireland and another has banned Europeans from its agricultural department because of foot-and-...
The scale of the task facing the new Learning and Skills Council became clear this week as chief executive John Harwood unveiled his master plan. The LSC, which officially takes up the reins of the...
Final-year veterinary students from across the United Kingdom have joined the battle against the foot-and-mouth epidemic. So far, 136 volunteers have answered last week's call from the Ministry of...
The London School of Economics resolved to break free from Quality Assurance Agency scrutiny this week, leading the elite Russell Group of universities in open revolt. MPs, peers and trade unions...
Italian don arrested in mafia butter scam A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the director of Naples University’s food science department for allegedly helping the Neapolitan mafia...
Report says academics are underpaid and overworked Lecturing unions have welcomed a report calling on government to address the pay disparity between academics and comparable professions and to...
Financial Times Researchers at Intervet, a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel, the Dutch chemicals group, are racing to complete development of a test that could tell the difference between animals infected...
West Dean College Bob Pulley , former dean of art and design at Falmouth College of Arts, has been appointed to the post of principal.
Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Debbie Griggs , final year BA student in metalsmithing and jewellery at De Montfort University Leicester, was awarded first prize in the Craftmanship &...
Students show solidarity for Macedonian rebels Ethnic Albanian students from the University of Pristina have marched through the Kosovan capital to show solidarity for the rebels in Macedonia. Jobs...
Financial Times A new material created at the University of Leipzig combines the mechanical properties of rubber with the electric properties of a liquid crystal, paving the way for new designs of...