Feb 28, 2011
Old bones aid battle against back pain
The bones of people who died up to a hundred years ago are being used in the development of new treatments for chronic back pain. The research is brin...
Feb 28, 2011
Chemist awarded grant to develop ‘green chemistry’ for pharmaceutical industry
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry has received a grant to develop "green" techniques to produce compounds for the pharmaceutica...
Feb 22, 2011
York CRD leads new global research initiative
A major global initiative to establish an international register that will improve the transparency of health research was launched today by Health Mi...
Feb 08, 2011
Yorkshire Africanists celebrate York launch
The Yorkshire African Studies Network is marking its launch at the University of York with a conference on democracy and power....
Feb 04, 2011
£3.3m to model last interglacial sea level
A NERC consortium grant worth nearly £3.3 million has been awarded to a network of researchers, co-led by the University of Bristol, to model the las...
Feb 03, 2011
Irrational numbers
John Hearn and Alan Robson urge universities to refocus on the reality of individual missions, not rankings' absurd lists...
Feb 01, 2011
University of York developing Afghan legal links
The University of York is forging close relationships with Afghan legal practitioners and academics to help equip the country’s future lawyers with ...
Jan 31, 2011
Sydney rates well above world standards in ERA evaluation
The University of Sydney has been rated at or above world standard in all 24 of the broad discipline areas in which it was rated in the 2010 Excellenc...
Jan 28, 2011
WUN Research Development Fund 2010-2011
The WUN announces the results of its fund for research development....
