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Every Can Counts
Every Can Counts is working with the National Union of Students to today launch a new initiative that aims to improve recycling on university campuses.
Euro coin counterfeiting in 2009
In 2009, the number of counterfeit euro coins removed from circulation was 172 100, down from 195 900 the year before.
Slow websites threaten Christmas sales.
70% of UK shoppers plan to spend more than £200 online in the run up to Christmas, but only if the sites work.
University design project
Nottingham University students have been given the opportunity to submit product designs for potential 2011 production on behalf of leading child safety product manufacturer Clippasafe.
Tackling traffic congestion
Traffic lights controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) could help to ease congestion on Leicester’s roads and improve the city’s air quality.
Diploma students F1 challenge
It might not have the glamour of Monaco, or the racing heritage of Silverstone, but Norwich is home to a group of pioneering students who have their sights set on F1 glory.
Reducing fuel consumption
A boat tail, a tapering protrusion mounted on the rear of a truck, leads to fuel savings of 7.5%. This is due to dramatically improved aerodynamics.
Formula One in Schools
The Koni Kats team from David’s Secondary School in Greystones, County Wicklow took the top honours at the fifth Formula One in Schools Technology Challenge World Championships held this week in London.
Olympics construction jobs
Cities that win Olympic bids experience neither boom nor bust in their real estate prices, but gain construction jobs as they prepare for the Games
Sleep deprivation affects decision making
Sleep deprivation adversely affects automatic, accurate responses and can lead to devastating errors, particularly among fire-fighters, police officers and others who work in a sleep-deprived state.
Popular engineering courses
More students than ever before have been accepted onto science and engineering related degree courses this autumn, according to the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
Construction jobs
Thousands of construction and engineering jobs could be created over the next few years as the UK races to catch up with other nations in sustainable construction.
Employee happiness
People paid by the hour exhibit a stronger relationship between income and happiness, according to a recent study.
Women of the Year Award
An Enterprise Scholar, Emily Cummins 22 is an up-and-coming inventor whose sustainable fridge design caught the attention of the judges at the 2009 Women of the Year Award.
Think yourself to success
Think. How important are the ways in which you think to your future career? Will you achieve your professional aspirations solely by working hard and a bit of good luck?
Leadership development
As jobs for graduates are becoming scarce and youth employment soars, young people are missing out on the leadership development opportunities that employment provides.
What do social scientists do?
Happiness, police interviews, competitive conversations and workplace smells are just some of the subjects that academics from Essex University will be talking about as they explain to the public what it is that social scientists do.
World's first T-shirt magazine
Starting this week, subscribers of T-post will be able to wear their graphic T-shirt in front of any web camera and play a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors against a computer-generated arm that extends from the shirt itself.
Kinetica Art Fair 2010
A family of holographic light beings, sculpting and drawing robots and a giant vertical electronic wave are just some of the incredible exhibits at Kinetica Art Fair 2010.
Keep track of your alcohol intake
People drinking spirits at home in England are giving themselves more than double (128% extra) what they would get in a pub if they ordered a single shot according to new studies.
Ugandan children's programme
Emily Bachelor, a University of Kent student, has made a significant contribution to a children's holiday programme in Namuwongo, an urban slum in Uganda.
Student Volunteering Week
Board-games and bingo with the elderly, painting a playground and a football fundraiser are just some of the projects organised by students at Nottingham Trent University as part of Student Volunteering Week.
Volunteering at the London Olympics
London 2012 will depend on up to 70,000 volunteers to make sure the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games run smoothly and successfully. Find out more...
Obama announces aid for Haiti
President Barack Obama promised $100 million along with more American troops for the relief effort in Haiti, vowing that the United States would stand with the impoverished nation as it grappled with the devastation of its capital city
