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BY ANDREW CAVE

SCARCELY a week goes by without volumes of newsprint or prime broadcasting slots being devoted to new and ingenious ways of mitigating climate change.

Global warming is now widely regarded the single most important issue the world faces, so it is no surprise that it is exercising the minds of the world’s most creative scientists.…

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 potential riches that can be gained by universities spinning off successful science units into commercial operations has been made clear by a deal involving Britain’s University of Surrey and Airbus-maker EADS Astrium.

It has acquired the university’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for an estimated GBPounds 50 million.…

By Monica Dobie

University World News here again features a selection of commercially important and cutting edge higher education research developments.

*Researchers from the Max Planck Institute, Germany, have developed a genetic tool that can help speed the development of new genetic varieties of food crops.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London, and SUZANNE KOELEGA, in Sint Maarten, Dutch West Indies

AS with much of life today, the future of gambling is closely tied to the Internet, and this development of an international industry based on instant cross-border cash flows has raised understandable concerns about money laundering.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that there is no need to change European Union (EU) food safety guidelines after studying University of Southampton, England, claims that mixtures of certain food colours and the preservative sodium benzoate could promote hyperactivity in children.…

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

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has pushed for more concrete collaboration between African and European Union (EU) researchers, amidst concerns that grand declarations of altruistic intentions are failing to deliver cash or expertise.

A formal resolution passed by parliament members (MEPs) called for a "special emphasis [to] be placed on research into AIDS in African countries" within the EU’s ongoing seventh framework programme on research, which commands a huge Euro 53.2 billion budget, nearly three times the total GDP of Kenya.…

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 MARK ROWE

SKY high prices for precious metals have prompted a rise in thefts of catalytic converters from a wide range of motor vehicles; the problem is so serious that the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) has linked up with the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) to tackle the issue.…