Bacterial banter: a target for therapeutics
27 February 2013Targeting the ‘conversations’ that bacteria have with one another could herald a new generation of therapeutics that curb the virulence of infectious microbes.
New tool in the fight against tropical diseases
27 February 2013Screening method created to expedite the development of new drugs in the fight against tropical diseases such as malaria and African sleeping sickness.
PsyWar during the Malayan Emergency
26 February 2013As part of the Intelligence seminars run by the Faculty of History, Thomas J. Maguire examines how psychological warfare contributed to Britain's counter-insurgency campaign in...
How to ask the question and what to do with the answer
25 February 2013A unique partnership is marrying the latest public opinion with a spectrum of major research into national and global political issues.
Death is in decline
25 February 2013Every generation has tried to be the one that outsmarts the Reaper. From the millennia-old Epic of Gilgamesh to the centuries-old story of the Spanish...
Pain from the brain
25 February 2013Study reveals how people with a severe unexplained psychological illness have abnormal activity in the brain.
Offensive manoeuvres in the war against HIV
25 February 2013Although anti-HIV drugs can significantly prolong life, patients must take the drugs for the rest of their lives. New approaches to therapeutics may hold the...
What now for the future of energy?
22 February 2013Alarming headlines this week claimed that we are dangerously close to power shortages and teetering on the brink of a major ‘energy crisis’, following the...
The Defects of Jury Trials
22 February 2013In the light of the discharge of the jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce, questions have been asked about the value of the jury...
‘Herbivore boys’ and other fault lines in Japan’s gender crisis
21 February 2013A new book of student research into key areas of gender in modern Japan highlights emerging trends of redefinition between sexes, and the impact on...