Kevin baffles name checkers
An investigation into French children's names by two sociologists at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique leaves one outstanding mystery. Why Kevin? An extraordinary one-in-ten boys born...
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Chemist in bomb blast
A senior academic has become the latest target for Islamic extremists in Turkey. Yehuda Yorom, head of chemistry at Ankara University, and leader of the local Jewish community, escaped with scratches...
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Russian windows may close
Russian universities are striving hard to integrate into the world and attract more British, Western and foreign students. But the window of opportunity for British students and academics keen to...
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Scheme to protect Soviet scientists' copyright
Scientists from former Soviet Republics can now stop their ideas being plundered by Western companies by turning to a new programme set up by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development....
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Australia ponders grey matter
Academic staff turnover in Australia has slowed so much in five years that senior administrators are alarmed at the dearth of young enthusiastic graduates who could attract research grants and...
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Cartier jewels meet at St Louis
The Cartier heirlooms, containing unusual diamonds, rubies and emeralds have been bequeathed to a small and relatively unknown university in St Louis, Missouri, writes Lucy Hodges. The jewels,...
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Malaysia plan hots up
Canada has announced plans to increase the number of Malaysian students enrolled in its universities from 2,000 to 5,000 next year. John Bell, Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia, says that in...
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Admission by race under fire
A university traditionally seen as the vanguard of change in the United States, the University of California at Berkeley, may be the first to abandon the essence of affirmative action - admitting...
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Halt rugby violence
As the rugby world cup moves into its final stages in South Africa over the next ten days, referees should take firm action against those committing violent offences, according to researchers from...
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Rhythms of poetry to beat student stress
Stressed students and staff at Bristol University are being urged to try the rhythm method - reading or writing poetry to induce calm feelings, writes David Charter. The success of this strategy is...
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Mud, mud glorious mud . . . and money
Scientists at Plymouth University have found that where there's mud, there's research money. A project which aims to identify chemicals produced by a rare form of algae present in underwater mud has...
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Aberdeen's mission to save UK lettuce industry
Aberdeen University research on the benefits of eating your greens could help to save Britain's lettuce industry, writes Olga Wojtas. For many years, scientists have thought that nitrate, found in...
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Eco-friendly car gets space boost
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed an ecologically- friendly car engine by employing technology used in the Space Shuttle. The team, headed by Ali Vershagh of the Warwick...
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Low-grade recruiters blamed for job gaps
Human resources managers blame shortfalls on bad students but they are at fault too, writes Simon Targett. "You would be mortified at the sheer ignorance of some of the recruiters at really top-notch...
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Trebling up the vocal efforts
Mary Hammond is a voice coach to the stars - Diana Rigg, Daniel Massey, Philip Schofield and Jason Donovan. And now she's working with Brendan Lafferty, Mark Kennedy, Joyce Moar, Harry Fowler and...