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By Alan Osborn

The Paris-based educational consulting company Eduniversal, part of the SMBG group, has published a list of 1,000 top business schools ranking them by their "capacity for international influence" and grouped into nine geographic regions. SMBG, which specialises in reference services and publications for educational and higher educational institutions, claims that the Eduniversal initiative is "the first stone of a global federation of education."…

BY ALAN OSBORN

YOU would think it would be possible to ensure that liquids capable of making explosives are not taken on to aircraft without at the same time requiring the confiscation of countless bottles of duty-free from passengers at airports every day.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITISH veterinary authorities are investigating an outbreak of Bonamia ostreae amongst wild native oysters in the key southern England beds of Whitstable, Kent. Reports from the Aquatic Animals Commission (of the Office International des Épizooties – OIE) say that the disease was detected by histological examination in three oysters, following routine sampling in late November 2007.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Pesticides Action Network (PAN) pressure group has claimed independent tests have revealed wines sold in the European Union (EU) may contain residues of 10 potentially harmful pesticides. It examined 40 EU-purchased bottles from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Australia and Chile – 34 conventional and six organic: the conventional wines contained 148 pesticide residues in total, having one to 10 pesticides each – an average-per-bottle exceeding four.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AUSTRALIA and the European Union (EU) have signed an open skies agreement that will allow any EU-registered civil airline to fly to Australian airports and vice versa. The deal removes any nationality restrictions on previous bilateral air services agreements between EU member states and Australia.…

By Keith Nuthall

A UNITED Nations-sponsored global initiative to encourage business schools to teach and promote social and environmentally responsible commercial practices has gathered a critical mass of support. More than 100 business schools worldwide have now signed up to the Principles for Responsible Management Initiative.…

BY Monica Dobie

Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, in England’s East Midlands, have helped develop what has been hailed as the fastest swimsuit in the world.

Speedo’s new LZR Racer swimsuit was made using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that scanned four hundred athletes’ bodies to pin-point areas of high and low friction when they swim.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN AGREEMENT has been signed between European and Australian scientists, committing them to cooperating in developing new medicines to fight malaria. This memorandum of understanding has been signed by Australia’s Research Network for Parasitology and the European Union-funded Network of Excellence on the Biology and Pathology of Malaria (BioMalPar).…

BY MONICA DOBIE

RESEARCHERS from the University of Nottingham’s School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, in England’s East Midlands, have helped develop what has been hailed as the fastest swimsuit in the world.

Speedo’s new LZR Racer swimsuit was made using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that scanned four hundred athletes’ bodies to pin-point areas of high and low friction when they swim.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the pharmaceutical industry might start to consider that a final deal could lead to the elimination of most import duties on drugs and medicines, traded worldwide.…