Computer to replace shrink
A new form of psychoanalysis which involves the patent sitting in front of a computer answering questions could replace the traditional talk therapy. Cognitive-bias modification (CBM) starts to have an...
View ArticlePlaying computer games will stuff up your University chances
If you play computer games you are less likely to get into university, according to a recent study. The study, prepared by Oxford University students who obviously did not play computer games and whose...
View ArticleWTO's ruling on China raw material exports stinks
A WTO report attacking China's exports of raw materials has cast doubts of reliability. Dr Xiaolan Fu, a University Lecturer in Development Studies at the Fellow of Green-Templeton College, University...
View ArticleOxford invents intelligent hydrogel
Scientists affiliated with Oxford University have announced details of an intelligent hydrogel that they promise can revolutionise tissue expansion by surgeons. According to researchers, new funding...
View ArticleOxford Uni puts the Large Hadron Collider into Android
While the elusive Higgs Boson hasn't been found just yet, the University of Oxford is giving Android users the opportunity to explore the Large Hadron Collider on their phones. With a new app called...
View ArticleOxford University Press makes Bible Encyclopedia digital
Oxford University Press has released the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible, an extensive work which will also be available through its Digital Reference Shelf. The Digital Reference Shelf...
View ArticleBaroness Greenfield claims video games cause bubonic plague
Baroness Susan Greenfield, who is the Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford, has come out with a new radical theory that computer games are causing dementia in kiddies. The Baroness, who was taken very...
View ArticleOxford University thinks that diamonds are forever
Boffins at Oxford University think that they have figured out a way to give individual atoms a name, a new twist on the biblical story that Adam named everything he saw individually.They have created,...
View ArticleOxford Uni develops porky-pie detection software
Being able to read a person’s expression is a useful skill, whether you are in a high stakes poker game or predicting which team's paying over the odds haggling on Bargain Hunt. Unfortunately, it's...
View ArticleNicotine is the most addictive drug on the planet
It’s the monthly SciBar meet-up at the Port Mahon pub in St Clements, and we’re there to listen to what Professor Colin Blakemore has to say about the “War on Drugs”.Blakemore, as well as being a...
View ArticleMoD's Qinetiq leads UK cyber security consortium
In the mid 2000s, under New Labour, a research arm of the Military of Defence (MoD) was spun off, carved up, and sold to the highest bidder, emerging as a company called Qinetiq. The UK held, at first,...
View ArticleSocial network for birds full of great tits
Scientists have taken a ‘big data’ approach to analysing social networks that involve more than their fair share of tweeting. Researchers at Oxford University say they have been observing the social...
View ArticleNew solar cell material could send panel prices plummeting
Oxford University researchers have been handed a cheque to develop a new solar cell coating that would make next generation panels much more affordable. Currently, the vast majority of panels are...
View ArticleWikipedia is accurate says, er, Wikipedia study
A Wikipedia-sponsored 'pilot study' has praised the online Encyclopaedia's accuracy and claims that it is better than Encyclopaedia Britannica. For the record, if you wrote a page on Wikipedia about...
View ArticleGoogle allowed to appeal books decision
Google can appeal the granting of class status to authors suing the search engine company over its plan to create the world's largest digital books library. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
View ArticleKids should avoid TV, computers
Doctors and health officials have warned parents not to stick children under three years old in front of the telly or let them play with a computer. Computers and TVs have been used as defacto nannies...
View ArticleMetamaterial tech threatens the end for power cables
Oxford University research into metamaterials could help the public do away with the masses of wires that connect computing devices. Isis Innovation, the research commercialisation arm of the...
View ArticleTop web profs urge Cameron to scrap web snooping
A group of professors and web experts have penned an open letter to British prime minister David Cameron, urging the Coalition to abandon its plans to legislate for monitoring internet activity through...
View ArticleZapping your brain makes you good at maths
Oxford University has worked out that the secret to getting your brain to add up numbers properly is to give it a jolt of electricity. Roi Cohen Kadosh told the Wall Street Journal that he is testing a...
View ArticleBritish read news on mobiles now
Britons are abandoning computers as their main way to access digital news in favour of updates on smartphones and tablets. According to beancounters at Oxford University's Reuters Institute the...
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