Easy as A, B, C
A pioneering seven-year project testing a new method of teaching primary children to read and spell has ended - with results proving that the new method helped children learn faster.
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Polar populations
CAPTION: One of the polar bears spotted by Tiago during his trip. CREDIT: Tiago Marques.
Religion and politics centre established
Academics at the University of St Andrews have established a research centre which will focus on the link between the two dominant forces of religion and politics.
Collaboration on cancer
A unique international conference on cancer which will bring together physicists, cancer researchers and clinical oncologists will take place in St Andrews this week (2nd-4th February 2005).
‘Fuel steam ahead’ for portable power
The development of commercial fuel- cell powered applications could be one step closer for scientists at the University of St Andrews.
Oor wullie: Burns and Shakespeare
An academic at the University of St Andrews has claimed that it was as a direct result of the influence of Robert Burns that Shakespeare became known as 'the bard'.
Let there be light
CAPTION: The purple laser developed by scientists at St Andrews and the 'new' cells.
The origin of symmetry
University of St Andrews scientists have been awarded nearly £1.5 million to study symmetry, the crux of some of the world's most baffling computational problems from airline scheduling to medical scanning.
An invasion of cheats
So-called 'nuptial' gifts - often consisting of food - are typically given to females by males as part of courtship and copulation rituals in many species.
King of rock and old
CAPTION: How Elvis Presley might have looked aged 70. CREDIT: www.perceptionlab.com (see full credit below).