Maths to reduce pesticide wastage
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week PHYSICS and mathematics are coming to the rescue of agricultural researchers working to develop more efficient...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: Of unemployed UK first-degree graduates, seeking employmentor training: 3.9 per cent had first-class degrees 38.4 per cent...
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Burn victims get skin fast
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week ADVANCES in materials engineering could soon result in remarkable new ways of growing human tissue, Sheffield...
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Employers' influence monitored
A SHIFT in the undergraduate curriculum away from a traditional academic model to a more applied one is under scrutiny at the Institute of Education. Atwo-year project, funded by the Economic and...
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Subjects scramble to attract students
THIS summer's clearing looks set to be the fiercest scramble yet for students as some university and college departments have a lot of ground to make up to meet recruitment targets. Although...
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Womb waves
A microwave treatment for women who suffer from abnormally heavy periods is being developed by Bath University researchers. They have been working with gynaecologists at the Royal United Hospital...
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Ethnic challenge
New research from Lancaster University challenges the success of modern apprenticeships, revealing that they continue to be the preserve of white males. Roger Penn, of the university's employment...
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Wide-awake rhubarb
A NEW red-stemmed rhubarb, which does not become dormant in the autumn, has been successfully cloned by researchers and named "Livingstone" after MP Ken Livingstone. Marks and Spencers and Waitrose...
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Engineering change
(Photograph) - Laser technology is coming to the aid of conservationists at the Tate Gallery to help them accurately assess change and damage to paintings. The laser technique is being developed by...
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Shock horror? Clothes to blame
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week Fed up with getting a nasty electrical shock as you climb out of your car and touch the vehicle body? Blame...
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Exiled Poles may return
Poland has offered to restore citizenship to an estimated 20,000 people, mainly Jews, expelled from the country in 1968. President Aleksandr Kwasniewski announced the decision at a ceremony...
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Pass a test, buy a dress
Politics students at an offshoot of the faculty of political science at Palermo University in Enna will get a 50,000 lire (Pounds 17) clothing voucher for each exam passed as a spur to complete their...
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Laggard students drain the resources in Spain
Less successful students tend to use far more of a university's resources than students who pass course units first time, a study of Spanish universities has found. Students who fail exams and take...
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Lecturers present petition to UK ambassador in Italy
A petition by the 1,500 foreign language lecturers who have accused Italian universities of discriminating against them was formally accepted last week by Tom Richardson, Britain's ambassador in Rome...
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Scientists split over fall of Superphenix
French scientists are divided over the closure of Superphenix, the world's largest fast breeder nuclear reactor, and the reopening of the smaller Phenix fast breeder reactor to study incineration of...