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City Solutions
Professor Sir Peter Hall (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Bartlett School of Planning) comments on how greenbelts have failed to curb urban growth, instead pushing people even further out of cities.
Heart surgery on a knife edge
Dr Kevin Fong (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology) talks about the hazards of keeping patients safely anaesthetised during heart surgery.
Efficiency drive risks poor design and unstable communities
Professor Bill Hillier (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Bartlett School of Architecture) comments on how good architecture and spatial layout can improve community cohesion andÌýsafety.
Spotlight on wind farm health woes
The Australian government should fund a large research project to determine the impact of wind farms on health, says Nicoleta Dorobantu (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Australia).
ÂÒÂ×Ðã professor to head NERC
Professor Duncan Wingham (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Earth Sciences) has been appointed chief executive of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) from 1 January 2012.
Women doctors will soon outnumber men
"Although women make up the majority of the medical student population they are still under-represented at the top", says Professor Jane Dacre (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Medical School). Read:
More: , ,UK must stay open to foreign students
The FT applauds ÂÒÂ×Ðã's "hunger for innovation" and says that universities must continue to be allowed to recruit top students and staff, whatever their origin.
He wrestled naked with art. Sometimes he won
Ken Russell was nothing without the power to offend. But he changed the cultural landscape, says Professor John Sutherland (ÂÒÂ×Ðã English Language & Literature).
Brawling ex-con to painter, after a stroke
Dr Mark Lythgoe (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Centre for Biomedical Imaging) and Professor Sophie Scott (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) on how strokes can change personality and behaviour.
Don't blame older folks for NHS crisis
The NHS may be in trouble, but those who blame our 'ageing population' are missing the big picture, says Professor Steve Iliffe (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Primary Care & Population Health).