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The new route to a fortune
Along with entrepreneurial Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø alumni, Tim Barnes (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Advances) explains how and why Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is encouraging student start-up businesses.
To space and beyond
Dr Kevin Fong has been named a 'cultural engineer'. He explains how his career as a physicist and doctor has led to presenting TV programmes about the frontiers of heart surgery and anaesthetics.Ìý
The end of motoring
Professor David Metz (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) on how the growth of daily travel has peaked, and why experts predict huge changes in the car industry.Ìý
Guardian Book Club
Professor John Mullan (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø English Language & Literature) discusses references to food in Charles Frazier's 'Cold Mountain'. Read:
Speed of light broken - an expert's view
Professor Jenny Thomas (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Physics & Astronomy) comments on potential ramifications of CERN experiments which might have shown particles travelling faster than the speed of light for the first time. Read:
, , and , Independent, Guardian, Sunday Times, Herald,Longevity Gene Debate Opens Trans-Atlantic Rift
Research by Dr David Gems (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Genetics, Evolution & Environment) challenges previous claims that proteins called sirtuins enhance longevity. Read:
,Ìý Times of India, Miami HeraldEvoking Calliope to ease the brutalising disease
Prof. John Martin (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Division of Medicine) has attempted to remind medical students of the importance of arts and humanities by encouraging them to enter a new poetry competition. Dr Kasia Boddy (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø English Language & Literature) chaired the panel of judges. Read:
New trial for retinal stem cell treatment gets go-ahead
Professor James Bainbridge (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Institute of Ophthalmology) will trial an experimental stem cell therapy for a previously untreatable eye condition. Read:
Sunday Times, BBC 1's '6 O'clock News',Ìý More:Sighs on the prize
Professor Adrian Furnham (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology) reflects on the potential difficulties faced by university staff when administering academic awards. Read:
Ringing in ears may have deeper source
Ringing in the ears may be a by-product of the brain 'turning up the volume' to cope with subtle hearing loss, according to Dr Roland Schaette and Professor David McAlpine (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Ear Institute). Read: