Defining words
01 September 2007Two very different projects in the University have at their heart the ancient craft of lexicography: the art of compiling and editing dictionaries. But one...
Guiding the light
01 September 2007Pioneering research shines new light on our understanding of the way we see the world. Optical fibres have now been found to exist in vertebrate...
The mathematics of avalanches
01 September 2007Each year more than a million avalanches fall worldwide, killing around a hundred people in the Alps alone. Can mathematical models be used to predict...
Revitalising research in Africa
01 September 2007Following recent funding from the Leverhulme Trust, a new programme of academic exchange kicks off in October in the Centre of African Studies, as the...
Examining the psychosocial effects of molecular genetic diagnosis
01 September 2007What does it mean to be a member of a family that is affected by a genetic disease? What is it like for a woman...
Finding the ‘genetic signposts’ of disease
01 September 2007One of the biggest projects ever undertaken to identify genetic variants that predispose some people to certain diseases was begun in 2005, thanks to £9...
Going feral
01 September 2007Are there any wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Robert Macfarlane has travelled in search of them, reflecting on the meaning of ‘wildness’ and...
Hunting for protostars
01 September 2007Looking deep inside the swirling dust clouds that make up stellar nurseries – the birth place of stars – can help unravel mysteries of the...
Dr Carenza Lewis
01 September 2007A passion for communicating the thrill of the dig and for uncovering evidence of lives long gone is what inspires archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis. Her...
Conflict in cities
01 September 2007Conflict is inherent to the urban condition, yet only in some cities do contention and dissent erupt to unacceptable and destructive levels. How do contested...