Bristol leads the way in the wizardly sport of Quidditch
The magical sport of Quidditch, inspired by the Harry Potter series, is being taken to the next level in the UK – thanks to muggle students at the University of Bristol. read more
View ArticleIllinois EPA Announces Vehicle Emissions Testing Network Updates
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director Alec Messina today announced upcoming changes to the Agency’s Vehicle Emissions Testing Program, which will offer...
View ArticleChurches demand action on Aleppo
The Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church in Wales, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church. read more
View ArticleWelsh builders bounce back
Welsh builders enjoyed a strong finish to 2016, but concerns are growing over the extent of the industry’s skills shortages, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Cymru. read more
View ArticleClimate models may underestimate future warming on tropical mountains
The Lewis glacier on Mt. Kenya has lost 90 percent over the last 75 years. New research suggests future warming on Mt. Kenya and other tropical peaks may happen much faster than climate models...
View ArticleVisitBritain announces campaign to attract more visitors from Italy
The #OMGB (Oh My GREAT Britain) ‘Home of Amazing Moments’ marketing campaign was formally announced at an event for travel trade and press in Milan hosted by VisitBritain, the Department for...
View ArticleVisitBritain launches campaign to grow inbound tourism from India
The #OMGB (Oh My GREAT Britain) ‘Home of Amazing Moments’ marketing campaign rolls out with a 7-week paid digital, print and billboard campaign to showcase the amazing moments that can only be had on a...
View ArticleNumber of students studying CILEx at Cardiff and Vale College triples in five...
At the end of the Spring term enrolment, it was revealed that the numbers enrolling for training to become Chartered Legal Executive at Cardiff and Vale College has more than tripled over the last five...
View ArticleScientists unravel the mystery of Mars lander Beagle 2
Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding exactly what happened to the ill-fated Beagle 2, whose mission to Mars was led by Bristol-born Professor Colin Pillinger. read more
View ArticleMore jobs at risk in Alliance Healthcare as the company continues to reorganise
Alliance Healthcare have briefed their customer service operations staff who work in each service centre about a proposal to consolidate their roles into one site at South Normanton in Derbyshire. read...
View ArticleEvidence of brain damage found in former footballers
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a potential cause of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head, has been found in the brains of former association football (soccer) players...
View ArticleConvicted Felon Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Robbing Fast Food...
Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Courtney P. Scott, 47, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Southern...
View ArticleAntibiotics not effective for clinically infected eczema in children
Estimates suggest that 40 per cent of eczema flares are treated with topical antibiotics, but findings from a study involving academics from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary...
View ArticleWelsh dementia strategy needs to focus on research, says leading charity
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, is urging the Welsh Government to put much more emphasis on dementia research in response to proposals for the country’s first...
View ArticleIllinois EPA Announces Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois EPA Director Alec Messina today announced the Agency has scheduled eight household hazardous waste collections throughout Illinois for the spring of 2017. Illinois EPA household...
View ArticleRace guide: Great Britain Cycling Team at the UCI Para-cycling Road World...
Three members of the Great Britain Cycling Team will be in action at the second round of the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Ostend, Belgium. read more
View ArticleThirty-five people indicted on Federal Conspiracy Charges for Trafficking in...
St. Louis, MO – Thirty-five (35) people were indicted in St. Louis on charges of conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes, conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs and money laundering. read more
View ArticleDateline Rice for July 19, 2017
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. read more
View ArticleFungi that Evolved to Eat Wood Offer New Biomass Conversion Tool
Barry Goodell and colleagues at UMass Amherst have discovered a unique system that some microorganisms, notably brown rot fungi, use to digest and recycle wood. In a new paper they report details of a...
View ArticleHeavy metals in water meet their match
HOUSTON — (July 27, 2017) — Carbon nanotubes immobilized in a tuft of quartz fiber have the power to remove toxic heavy metals from water, according to researchers at Rice University. read more
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