Six universities are to reveal how astronomers are able to explore the inner secrets of stars using sound. The project, named "Songs of the Stars - the real Music of the Spheres", is a collaborative...
A supermarket chain has donated almost £70,000 to university honeybee researchers who are working to decode the insects' famous "waggle dance". The donation from Waitrose will support scientists at...
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has opened the UK's first inner-city green technology research centre. London South Bank University's Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings will...
The nitrate content of beetroot juice is the underlying cause of its blood pressure-lowering benefits, research has concluded. Academics from Queen Mary, University of London, found that blood...
A British university is to launch its first degree programme in India. The University of Northampton is to run a master's programme in international environmental management at the University of...
A new research centre that houses the world's most powerful microscope has opened. The Kroto Centre for High Resolution Imaging and Analysis at the University of Sheffield was officially opened last...
Competition in the NHS improves hospital efficiency and can save significant amounts of money. A study by researchers at the London School of Economics found that hospitals located in areas where...
Measuring more than 3ft, the Garibaldi Panorama, which depicts the life story of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, is one of the longest paintings in the world. A digitised version of the picture...
This 19th-century lady's cap forms part of Nottingham Trent University's archive of more than 75,000 intricate lace samples, which was launched earlier this year.Nottingham was at the heart of...
Honing writing skills can unlock academic voices or expose sexual stereotypes, writes Matthew Reisz
A teaching institution is thinking big in the suburbs of Birmingham. John Morgan reports
In an unassuming spot in King's Cross, one of the until-now less salubrious areas of central London, a new type of knowledge exchange is taking place.The Centre for Creative Collaboration, launched...
Canadian higher education quality may suffer from lack of academic candidates, writes Sarah Cunnane
International recruiters in China are "fed up" with the Australian government's attitude to immigration and are directing students to the US and UK instead, according to an Australian agent.John...
United StatesPolitical correctness prevailsA Supreme Court ruling banning discrimination in student organisations means US universities are now tied to "prevailing standards of political correctness...