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Blue Nile’s source to reveal its dark secrets

A team of scientists from St Andrews and Wales are set to make an important contribution to understanding what caused the collapse of one of the World's great dynasties around 4200 years ago, that of the Egyptian Old Kingdom.

New investigations into cancer

Scientists at the University of St Andrews have been awarded funding to look at the differences between cancer cells and normal cells using new optical methods.

Amorous ostriches

The courtship behaviour of ostriches towards humans is to be explained at a series of public events aimed at promoting science.

Latest challenge fund development

The latest development in the £3 million Challenge Fund will be announced at a conference in Dundee today (Wednesday 4th March, 2003).

Memory and the brain

One of the world's authorities on the neurobiology of learning and memory is to give a series of public lectures at the University of St Andrews.