Soil secrets of sticky wickets
Higher quality cricket pitches could result from pioneering soil science research under way in Yorkshire and Wales. The Sports Turf Research Institute at Bingley and the University of Wales,...
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Frauds in the flowerbed
Genetic fingerprinting is to help combat counterfeit varieties of plants in garden centres across Europe. Researchers in Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands and France are collaborating on a Pounds...
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Drugs first for human tissue
The first drug company to experiment exclusively on human tissue opened its laboratories last week in Royston, Hertfordshire. Pharmagene, which has strong links with Leicester and Birmingham...
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Protection for genome near
Protection of the human genome went a step further this month when the draft of a universal declaration on the human genome and human rights was adopted by the International Bioethics Committee at...
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French research puts accent on wealth creation
France's public research funding will be channelled towards wealth-creating sectors under plans set out this month. But angry researchers are calling this a way of "transferring public funds to the...
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Russians go on hunger strike over science policy
Two eminent Russian scientists have ended a two-week hunger strike begun in protest at their government's policy on science. One of them, a leading member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, warned...
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Shake-up soon for Latvia
The University of Latvia faces a shakeup following a report from the United States-based Mellon Foundation which found it in a state of "stagnation". This conclusion, according to minister of state...
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FluB flows into fluss but keeps capitals
Leading German intellectuals have launched a revolt against a reform of German spelling, claiming it will damage the reputation of the language at home and abroad. Authors Gunter Grass and Martin...
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Applicants dry up in face of fees
APPLICATIONS to Victorian universities have fallen sharply for the second year in a row, prompting fears that the recent hike in tuition charges by the federal government has exacerbated a trend...
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Bass family tops the donor chart
AT A TIME of rising concern about big money donors to American universities, the elusive Bass brothers of Texas have emerged as one of the most generous and mysterious sources of funds. Since 1990...
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Deakin lays off 40 staff in first wave
THE FIRST round of university staff cuts began in Australia last week when Deakin University in Victoria shed 40 academics. A total of 170 academics and general staff at Deakin will lose their jobs...
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Students who can't cut the umbilical cord
Walking on to campus last April, I found the place covered with posters produced by the student counselling service, Nightline. They carried a picture of Frankenstein with the slogan: Revision Time?...
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Riding shotgun into frontierland
This week The THES celebrates its 25th anniversary. Those 25 years have seen a revolution in British higher education and The THES, riding shotgun, has grown and prospered. Our special anniversary...
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Success the Cambridge way
The university I went to seemed a bit run down. Most of my friends took vocational courses and went straight on to job training. I did history which turned out to be equally vocational. There were...
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One, two, three - Foresight
Foresight has sent a message across the world that the UK has an outstandingly innovative science base, says William Stewart. It is almost three years since the Government launched its Technology...