Greed drives market
Boom and bust stock market fluctuations are caused by greedy traders rather than political or economic instability, according to a physicist from the University of Manchester. His research overturns...
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Call for equality
Equal opportunities should become a "mainstream" part of university funding, quality assurance and accreditation, Anne Wright, vice chancellor of Sunderland University has told a women in higher...
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Is the Square Mile colour blind?
A degree from a university in or near the City of London is no passport to a job inside itswalls for graduates from ethnic minorities. Phil Baty reports GRADUATES from London's new universities, on...
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Fuel cells are 'power of the future'
A NEW form of clean and efficient energy could soon be powering hospitals and houses as scientists from Keele University design the energy machines of the future. Fuel cells are revolutionary devices...
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Trial proves new osteoporosis treatment
DRUGS that reduce the risk of women with osteoporosis suffering bone fractures have been successfully trialled by the University of Plymouth. Osteoporosis, which weakens bones, usually occurs after...
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Students urged to go abroad
THENUMBER of young Australians working and studying in the Asia-Pacific region will rise significantly if initiatives gaining support are successful. Powerful voices have spoken out over the past...
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Blunkett launches fees offensive
DAVID BLUNKETT, secretary of state for education and employment, has accused opponents of tuition fees of scare-mongering. In a bid to head off a recruitment crisis, he is preparing to write this...
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Moral influence causing companies to change
ETHICAL investors are starting to use their Pounds 1.5 billion financial clout to push companies to change, and not just to boycott the ethically unsound, a new survey has found. The "Morals and...
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Grant bolsters African chimpanzee study
ST ANDREWS University's groundbreaking study of wild chimpanzees, which aims to discover more about the origins of human intelligence, has been boosted by a Leverhulme Trust grant of Pounds 87,000....
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Engineering misconceptions still dominate
EVEN ten-year-olds are spurning engineering as a career option, because of misconceptions and stereotypes about the sector, according University of Southampton research. Images of dirty and physical...
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Cheap drugs for addicts may wipe out problem
SUPPLYING drug addicts with cheap heroin and cocaine and then making prices repressively high could dramatically reduce thenumber of new users and smash the drug market, concludes research by...
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Feeling poorly is not always a bad thing
ILLNESS can be good for you, according to research by a PhDstudent. Samantha Sodergren, of the University of Plymouth's health-related quality of life research centre, found sickness could have a...
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Exeter wields the magic wart wand
WART charming is to be put under the microscope by scientists at Exeter University's department of complementary medicine. Video cameras will record instances in which healers attempt to cure warts...
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Sunlight exposure worsens crippling disease
RESEARCHERS at Leicester University have identified a link between sunlight and the crippling disease lupus. Lupus, which affects more than 20,000 people in the UK, occurs when the body's immune...
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Pelvic exercises reduce incontinence after birth
Incontinence after childbirth could soon become a thing of the past as doctors from the University of Plymouth's Postgraduate Medical School investigate whether pelvic floor exercises could save the...