Festive tastes have changed but Christmas is still a cracker
17 December 2014Some of Britain’s traditional Christmas favourites are losing their appeal, a new study of spoken English has revealed.
Earliest known piece of polyphonic music discovered
17 December 2014New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European musical tradition.
Lighter planes are the future
16 December 2014A global fleet of composite planes could reduce carbon emissions by up to 15 per cent, but the lighter planes alone will not enable the...
The lost art of risk management
16 December 2014Dr Mukesh Kumar from the Centre for International Manufacturing suggests that multinational manufacturers are taking unnecessary risks with their industrial investments – and he offers...
New understanding of how magma moves underground
15 December 2014An international team of geoscientists have demonstrated how magma-filled cracks form and spread underneath volcanic systems, such as the one extending from Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcano...
‘Crown jewels’ of English lute music go online
11 December 2014Handwritten copies of scores by composers of English lute music have been digitised in a programme to make a precious legacy available to professional and...
Supplement could reduce heart disease risk in people of low birth weight
10 December 2014A simple supplement could be a safe and cost-effective way of reducing heart disease in individuals born with a low birth weight, suggests research from...
Delays in cancer diagnosis unlikely to be due to poor medical practice
10 December 2014Delays in referrals for suspected cancer are unlikely to be down to poor performance by GPs, argue a team of researchers today in the British...
Using genome sequencing to track MRSA in under-resourced hospitals
09 December 2014Whole genome sequencing of MRSA from a hospital in Asia has demonstrated patterns of transmission in a resource-limited setting, where formal screening procedures are not...
Visions of plague
05 December 2014A new research project is compiling the largest database of plague imagery ever amassed, focusing on a pandemic that peaked in the early 20th century...