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22 Jun 2011: Pop into any stationery shop and you will see racks of greetings cards poking fun at human behaviour. Women don’t have a sense of direction and can’t read

20 Oct 2011: Climate change threatens to ‘undermine global prosperity and inflict significant social, economic and environmental costs on the world’, according to a global coalition of companies who today issued an urgent call ... In spite of the unfavourable

1 Dec 2011: The result was a 300-year period of evolution. Maximilian's changes were just the first of different phases of reform which usually emerged because of religious differences, economic problems, social

6 Oct 2011: Unlike heroin users who may benefit from methadone when attempting to quit, there is currently no medication which has proven to be an effective tool in

13 Jul 2011: Those three themes form the backbone of this year’s Festival of Ideas at the University of Cambridge - the UK’s only arts, humanities and social sciences

15 Sep 2011: Fluctuations of serotonin levels in the brain, which often occur when someone hasn’t eaten or is stressed, affects brain regions that enable people to regulate

24 Sep 2011: Dr Louise Joy is speaking at this year’s Festival of Ideas at Cambridge  – the UK’s only festival covering the arts, humanities and social sciences – which

5 Jul 2011: Lucca is a picturesque town in Tuscany, known for its intact town walls and picturesque centre. But while its ancient ramparts symbolise an ancient technique

16 Mar 2011: ‘Is there a female brain?’ will be led by Melissa Hines, Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. Discussion will also be opened up to the

1 Apr 2011: Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could

21 Jun 2011: Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified abnormal brain structures in the frontal lobe of cocaine users’ brains which are linked to their

4 Jul 2011: The scientists can already model many aspects of plant development and then test if the hypotheses about plant behaviour are correct.

15 Apr 2011: We now need to see an extension of this study, one which tests larger numbers of people, and then take it out of the hospital and in to the home setting.”.

12 Nov 2011: Her intelligence, however, was evident: when she was given an IQ test, she came out top of the MENSA scale.

9 Feb 2011: Its first product, VeriPsych, is the first and only blood test to aid psychiatrists in the diagnosis of recent-onset schizophrenia.

10 Jan 2011: This agreement signals the faith we have in the Eastern region to deliver economic growth from our exceptionally strong science and technology base. ... This agreement signals the faith we have in the Eastern region to deliver economic growth from our

5 Apr 2011: A Levels and GCSEs, aptitude tests, school background and gender were all considered.

14 Mar 2011: A team from the Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh and Cardiff has created a range of motor neurons - nerves cells that send messages from the brain and

4 Jul 2011: Visitors to Science Live will be able to test their skills in a specially-devised “Nanoblocks” game which will allow them to design their own nanostructure and see what colours it

24 Jun 2011: Participants taking drugs with a combined ACB of five or more scored more than four per cent lower in a cognitive function test than those taking no anticholinergic medications – confirming evidence

21 Mar 2011: But discriminating which overweight individuals without current risk factors for cardiovascular disease will go on to develop those risk factors, and ultimately clinical cardiovascular disease, remains a challenge-here, blood tests

5 May 2011: Dr Andrea Ferrari. The ambitious and large-scale initiative aims to achieve new breakthroughs both in terms of technological innovation using graphene, and the economic exploitation of the material.

1 Feb 2011: We now need to see an extension of this study, one which tests larger numbers of women, and then take it out of the hospital and in to the home setting.".

29 Dec 2011: All the telescope components arrive here for assembly and testing. Only when the systems pass stringent tests are the 100-tonne antennas allowed up to what we all call “the high ... the planned series of test observations.

17 Feb 2011: Our first issue contained original works from within and outside of that tradition – to test them against each other, and in some cases show how closely allied they can be.”.

9 Feb 2011: Both Hitler and Stalin coupled their plans to reshape Eastern Europe’s political and economic map with a grim determination to take aim at any population that happened to stand in

4 Jan 2011: Researchers have taken the novel step of asking the biochemists at Addenbrooke’s Hospital to test these samples for the amount of the ‘male hormone’, testosterone. ... The lab is going on to test much larger samples (thousands, instead of hundreds)

14 Oct 2011: As the Victorians were forging remarkable economic and technological innovations, they were also obsessed with understanding their own history.

28 Nov 2011: The University of Cambridge and Elan Corporation today announced the launch of The Cambridge-Elan Centre for Research Innovation and Drug Discovery

24 Dec 2011: Spending time with women and their families gives me insights into the daily economies and relations that underpin social and economic transformations. ... Sarah's fieldwork in Ecuador was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council.

1 Nov 2011: Tony Legge explains: “Eric studied economics and then became a sheep farmer in Shropshire.

8 Nov 2011: rd. Clare Hall Tanner Lectures tonight on the psychology and economics of authority. ... He is Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research at the University of Zurich.

19 Jul 2011: In Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine, Dr Nally examines the complexities and nuances of the political, economic and social context of the Irish Famine - and in doing ... to occur in the first place – and to leave

5 Apr 2011: The scores at the end of the test are fun; a way of thanking participants for their time,” said Dr Aitken. ... Or how likely it is that your flight will be delayed, or you will fail your driving test?

28 Jul 2011: Dr Lucy Delap. Throughout the 20th century, domestic service had a compelling presence in British economic, social and cultural life.

6 May 2011: When he spoke at Cambridge Science Festival, Professor Ed Bullmore described how new ways of looking at the network organisation of the human brain show that

27 Oct 2011: The 11 November talk will be given by Helen Kersley, who heads the New Economics Foundation’s “Valuing What Matters” team.

1 Nov 2011: Communication of science remains a top priority. We must all ensure we engage with the public to demonstrate the social and economic value of science.

15 Nov 2011: This year’s focus will be on ‘Economy 2.0’ and re-writing the rules for economic growth. ... The colossal power and potential of a digital world in making a real difference at a time of immense economic turbulence is at the heart of SVc2UK” says

14 Sep 2011: This research found that very few people were unconditionally positive about the idea of geoengineering or the proposed test. ... However, most were willing to entertain the notion that the test as a research opportunity should be pursued.

14 Nov 2011: Several years ago, the Moulton Charitable Trust also funded Dr Coles’ group to test a strategy to reduce the chance that the immune system will “reject” alemtuzumab after multiple doses.).

23 Sep 2011: The results of the radiocarbon tests showed that during its life the mere has passed through several phases.

22 Dec 2011: The next stage of the research will be to test the novel therapy in other models of PD to help define the dosage and time course of delivery.

26 Dec 2011: We’re all slaves to time, and that’s no understatement. I’m in a handover meeting, about to begin a weekend on-call as a doctor. The team discusses all of the

9 Apr 2011: The study, Does oil abundance harm growth?, published in the journal Applied Economics Letters, argues that previous assumptions that oil abundance is a curse were based on methodologies which failed to ... The researchers from the University of Cambridge

26 Jul 2011: (Macro) autophagy is a bulk degradation process that mediates the clearance of long-lived or damaged proteins and organelles in cells. Autophagosomes are

11 Mar 2011: The first successful sports doping test for amphetamines was developed by British scientists, in the 1960s, and tested at the 1966 Football World Cup.

21 Mar 2011: The economic situation in 1980, discussed constantly in backbench committees, was grim.

21 Jun 2011: They will be working towards doctorates in a wide range of subjects – Economics, Education, Engineering, Physics and Public Health.

7 Mar 2011: Many of the speakers stressed the need to focus on more than the measurable economic benefits of the arts and humanities when making the case for their continued support. ... humanities.". Fenella Cannell (Reader in Social Anthropology, London School of