Students' storeys of woe
Who says students are getting soft? The following string of complaints recently landed on the Whistleblower's desk. Students at Westminster University are furious that their central London rooms on...
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Research record-breakers
The Diary offers its congratulations to biologists at Dundee University who, according to the Institute for Scientific Information in Philadelphia, have won more citations for their papers than...
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More cases of bodily harm
Not to be outdone by Dundee University, the University of Cambridge - which normally tops the league tables - has repeated the feat in its latest set of performance indicators. These show that last...
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Wild about melon
Scientists at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have developed a product you never knew you needed: the reduced-calorie watermelon. While watermelon is traditionally seen as diet friendly, the...
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Don's diary: From Russia, with irony
Friday Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow. Although my host and I have never met, and he is not carrying a little placard and I am not wearing a red rose, he heads straight for me. Later I figure out why:...
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Work-life deal attacked for snubbing parents
Lecturers' leaders have rounded on employers for celebrating a breakthrough on improving academics' work-life balance while ignoring their claims for better maternity rights. The Joint Negotiating...
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Scottish medical schools win £1.8m
A bid by Scotland's medical schools to help combat cancer, heart disease, stroke and mental illness is to put Scotland at the forefront of international genetic research. The project, Genetic Health...
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Why I believe it's time to devise new ways of categorising modern scholars
None of the schemes traditionally used to divide up scholars makes sense. The borders between cognate disciplines have dissolved, the divide between the "two cultures" collapsed and hybrid fields...
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European scientists make breakthrough in nuclear waste disposal
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 A consortium of UK and German researchers has successfully transformed the radioactive isotope Iodine-129, a major waste product from nuclear power generation, into the safer...
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FP6 energy and transport information day
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 The European Commission's Energy and Transport DG will hold an information day on the ongoing calls for proposals under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) in the fields of...
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Evaluation, validation and monitoring of energy scientific and technological indicators
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 The European Commission has published a call for tenders related to the evaluation, validation and monitoring of energy scientific and technological indicators and references (...
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Mapping the air to safeguard your looks, the environment – and planes in flight
Paris, 14 Aug 2003 High air pollution does more than just irritate your lungs, research confirms it also affects the way you look. By using ESA-provided pollution maps along with ultraviolet...
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JRC's Crop Yield Forecasting System Looks at Effects of Drought (link)
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 Summary: The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) uses its advanced crop yield forecasting system to predict the effects of the persisting drought on this year's harvest in...
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EU project creates vision of sustainable households in the cities of tomorrow
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 By 2040, many people will be working from home several days a week, and when planning their holidays, will be limited to a certain number of 'air miles' per year to reflect the...
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Europe announces more nano creations
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 As discussions regarding the potential applications of nanotechnology become more frequent, research results from around Europe are bringing some of these possibilities to life...