Superbug can withstand radiation and starvation
The genetic secrets of the world's toughest bug have been revealed by a team of American scientists, writes Steve Farrar. The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans can survive almost any kind of DNA...
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Poor Slovak mothers more likely to kill boys
Baby boys born to mothers in Slovakia since the collapse of communism ten years ago are three times more likely to become the victims of infanticide than in the previous decade, ground-breaking new...
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Patients get addicted to their portable doctors
It is the ultimate therapist for the electronic era. The latest innovation in psychological treatment is the palmtop computer or electronic personal organiser, for which programs are now being...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
It was the end of September 1976, and the train journey north to Yorkshire from Southampton seemed never-ending. I had just returned from two months roughing it around the Aegean, taking in as many...
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A stellar performance
Astronomer Jay Pasachoff tells Martin Ince how dedication and his wide interests ensure that his popular textbooks are always exciting. You may have thought you were quite adventurous, heading to...
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Teaching students how to study
Study skills are receiving useful attention in higher education circles despite the critics, says Stella Cottrell. The push to "widen access" into higher education presents a challenge. Wider access...
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Download and learn
Edward Barrow surveys current developments in digitisation of coursework As of this term, it is easier for higher education institutions to obtain permission to put scanned extracts from books,...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL www.nerc.ac.uk Earth...
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Thought bubbles
Manufacturers of washing-up liquid are helping to fund a Centre for Computational Science at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.Among other things, the centre will use advanced...
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THES on the web
Hundreds of job vacancies plus full summaries of The THES are available at our website at www.thesis.co.uk. In addition THESIS offers subscribers a host of other services, including our new research...
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Stockholm
Boel Flodgren, rector of the University of Lund, is heading Sweden's inquiry into the social and ethnic balance of students and staff in higher education. She is also looking at how universities can...
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Kinshasa
A special plane bearing United Nations colours ferried question papers for would-be students at the University of Kinshasa from a rebel-held enclave in the eastern Congo for marking in the city under...
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Cutting edge
A great Leonid display comes but once every 33 years, lighting up the lives of amateur astronomers everywhere This week's Leonid meteor shower was one of the most eagerly awaited astronomical events...
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Uni backs student in fight for job
The University of Northumbria has welcomed a ruling from the European Court of Justice that has backed one of its post- graduates in her fight to have her application for a post in Madrid's Prado art...
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Task force acts to halt divide
PARIS The THES reports on two conferences with one agenda - global learning A task force set up by Unesco and the World Bank to map the future of the university sector in the developing world will...