Where empires meet
17 March 2011How two ‘rising powers’ – China and Russia – interact across the border they share with resource-rich Mongolia is the focus of a network led...
Children’s evidence cross-examined
16 March 2011Should young children be exposed to the traumatic experience of giving evidence in open court, or does the justice system need to change its approach?
The appliance of design in science
15 March 2011Designers have shaped the way we live today, created iconic products and disrupted industries – but could design also shape scientific research?
Insects hold atomic clues about the type of habitats in which they live
14 March 2011Researchers discover an ‘atmospheric imprint’ in insects, revealing where they are most likely to survive should climate change alter their ecosystem.
Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed
14 March 2011Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.
Stem cell study could aid motor neurone disease research
14 March 2011Scientists have discovered a new way to generate human motor nerve cells in a development that will help research into motor neurone disease.
Middle aged diabetics can die six years earlier
14 March 2011Having diabetes in mid-life may reduce a person’s life expectancy by an average of six years, according to a large, multinational study coordinated by the...
Substance over style? That’s entertainment
14 March 2011Whether they affect the films we watch, the books we read or the music we listen to, our choices about entertainment often appear to have...
Diabetes drug improves survival from life-threatening infectious disease
14 March 2011Scientists have identified a diabetes drug which halves the mortality rate of a deadly infectious disease found throughout Southeast Asia and Northern Australia.
Happy children make happy adults
14 March 2011New research links well-being in adolescence with life satisfaction in adulthood.