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  • Nottingham University

    GlaxoSmithKline boss calls for £1bn university fund to back invention

    Sir Andrew Witty says universities are in 'unnecessary competition' for funding in report commissioned by government
  • 'Stockholm' duck house which Conservative opposition MP Sir Peter Viggers claimed as expenses

    MPs' expenses scandal spawns corruption research centre

    A new centre for research into corruption that came about as a result of the MPs' expenses scandal will focus on the conditions that encourage people to become corrupt
  • Policeman Mark Kennedy worked undercover as an environmental activist

    Gathering intelligence on the recruitment and use of informers

    The problem with doing research on informers is that much of the information is kept secret
  • Footballer with cut and muddy knees

    Double-jointed footballers run greater risk of injury

    Research into footballers with hypermobility could help clubs to make informed choices about purchasing players
  • Ashfield Detention Centre

    It's official: crime is bad for your health

    New findings highlight the health impacts of sustained criminality and could have urgent policy implications

  • A recent study shows the risk of dying from a cardiac arrest is 16 times higher after losing spouse

    You can die of 'broken heart syndrome'

    Researchers are looking at a potentially fatal heart condition that results from sudden intense emotions such as grief
  • Stonehenge: we still don't know how the stones got here...

    Stonehenge as you've never seen it

    Archaeologists reveal a new way of viewing Stonehenge using Google Earth software
  • Bumblebee pollination is worth a vast amount to the economy

    Hedgerows direct the flight of the bumblebee

    Bees use hedgerows as motorways, academics have found, which may help future rural planning
  • Gordon Brown Visits Southampton Regional Cabinet

    Should politicians have their mental health monitored?

    Psychologists who have tracked politicians' careers now say their mental health should be monitored

  • Stephen Hawking

    Is Stephen Hawking's voice music to the ears?

    People just don't like voice synthesisers that sound too realistic, say researchers
  • Duke Ellington leading his band in the 1930s

    Business and all that jazz

    What can Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach entrepreneurs? Quite a lot, say Warwick academics
  • Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington poses in Speedo’s Fastskin3 racing swimsuit

    The new Olympic swimsuit

    Olympic swimmers have academics studying fluid dynamics to thank for their latest 'low-drag' gear
  • The X Factor contestants sing their charity single along with JLS and One Direction

    Why Simon Cowell does not have the 'great' factor

    Charity singles tell us about changing concerns and how society responds to need, says historian

  • Riots in north London in August 2011

    Academic seeks new understanding of rioters

    The UK's leading expert on gangs says the official inquiry into what caused the summer riots is woefully inadequate
  • Steven Spielberg’s 3D film The Adventures of Tintin was just the latest 3D hit

    Is 3D the medium of the future?

    3D is the hottest thing in cinema and television ... and fertile new ground for academic study
  • The Microcab works off a hydrogen fuel cell but is not yet commercially viable

    Researchers test-drive eco-friendly cars

    A team of 90 university staff and colleagues have been driving 'green' cars for 18 months to see how it feels

  • Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’ came in at No 1 in the sing-along chart

    Top 10 sing-along songs

    Queen's We Are the Champions is officially the number 1 catchiest song, say academics
  • Dr Sascha Becker believes religion is a factor in economic differences

    Protestant v Catholic: which countries are more successful?

    Could religion be playing a part in the relative success of Europe's economies? One academic thinks so
  • Goths Louise Nickerson and Bob Rosenberg with their baby

    Growing-up for goths

  • A goth girl

    Goths – growing old gracefully?

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