ÂÒÂ×Ðã in the media
Judges 'must lay down the law on jurors' internet usage'
Research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Laws) shows that more than 25 per cent of jurors admit seeing reports online about their trials.
Quantum dot laser grown on silicon substrate
A new generation of high speed, silicon-based information technology has been brought a step closer thanks to research published by Professor Alywn Seeds and Dr Huiyun Liu (both ÂÒÂ×Ðã Electronic and Electrical Engineering) in Nature Photonics.
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Professor Adrian Furnham (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology) examines the dynamics at play in business meetings where decisions are taken as a group. Read: Sunday Times (Appointments)
Rise in obesity sees resurgence in heart attacks
The declining rate of heart attacks over the past 20 years is in danger of being reversed by a rise in obesity.
, , More coverage: El Mundo, BloombergRaphael Loewe
The Times carries an obituary of Professor Raphael Loewe who taught in ÂÒÂ×Ðã's Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies between 1961 and 1984.
Stem cell bank
Professor Pete Coffey (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Ophthalmology) discusses the latest developments in stem cell therapy and comments on the creation of a new 'bank' which will collect and store customers' stem cells.
(from 46mins 39s)Probing Plasma
Dr Lucie Green (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains the properties of plasma, using a set of stunning images of the sun, at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
Surprise discovery allows scientists to block Alzheimer's
Scientists at the MRC Prion Unit at ÂÒÂ×Ðã have made the unexpected discovery that two antibodies, extensively studied in relation to CJD, may also have an effect on Alzheimer's Disease.
More coverage: Daily Telegraph, Daily MirrorScientists show heart can repair itself, with help
Research led by Professor Paul Riley (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute for Child Health) shows the heart has dormant repair cells that can be reactivated.
, More coverage: BBC Radio 4, BBC Online, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Scientist, Daily Express, Reuters, The Sun, Daily MirrorUniversities 'complacent' over tackling radicalism
As the Government publishes its updated Prevent Strategy and Home Secretary Theresa May labels universities "complacent" over radicalism, Professor Malcolm Grant (ÂÒÂ×Ðã President & Provost) says that universities can work in partnership with the police but cannot, "act as guarantors" for their students.
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