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Twitter networks.

Unsociable networks

18 Aug 2011

Silicon Valley-style tech clusters don’t just make social networks – they are also supposed to thrive on them. A new study by a University of...

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cell phone always in reach

How mobile phones are transforming healthcare

21 Apr 2011

New research highlights examples of medical care transformed by mobile networks.

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Gateway

CRASSH: convener and gateway to the humanities

17 Mar 2011

At CRASSH, researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences have the opportunity to intersect, generating fresh thinking and innovation, as...

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Tigers

Scientists plot key sites for tiger’s last stand

14 Sep 2010

Efforts to protect the wild tiger should be intensively focused on a few key sites if conservationists are to have any chance of saving it from...

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Toilet Sign

Closing the gender gap

25 May 2010

The total amount of work done by men and women in the UK is roughly equal, but the bulk of unpaid work is still done by women rather than men...

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Free TV Texture

Watching religiously

20 May 2010

A new survey of the boom in religious broadcasting in the Middle East reveals how the small screen is becoming an increasingly important battlefield...

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Design sketching

Designs on an inclusive future

10 May 2010

Some of the most venerable names in European business are to join a research consortium which could usher in a new generation of "iconic" products...

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Magnet

Magneto-active porous materials get close to the bone

01 May 2010

The most common cause of artificial joint failure is loosening of the prosthetic implant. Dr Athina Markaki is designing materials to anchor them...

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nematode worm

Striking similarities between chips, worms and brains

22 Apr 2010

Scientists have discovered "striking similarities" between human brains, the nervous system of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and computer...

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Painting by Shiva Lal showing the transport of opium

A history of drink and drugs

01 May 2009

A large interdisciplinary network is aiming to shed light on the practices, rituals and attitudes surrounding intoxication.

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Stacking practice bombs

Gender equality in modern times

01 Apr 2009

The largest multidisciplinary research network of its kind in the UK is investigating why gender equality is still a pressing social issue in the...

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Descendant of the apple tree

Economic and Social Research Council

01 Jan 2009

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) supports research from across the social sciences, from sociology to anthropology, through to...

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