In 2012, the Journal of Computational Physics published 490 papers, in 2002 the same journal printed only 273. For the Journal of Biomechanics, 2002 saw 147 publications and in 2012 there were 536. This trend can be seen all over the academic world, with competition increasing and the number of research publications rising. Whilst although more »
This is a transcript from the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on the 15th of February 2013. The interview is on the on-going investigation on horse meat in beef burgers. John Humphrys (JH) is interviewing Helen Dickinson (HD) who runs the the British Retail Consortium. JH: Helen Dickinson, as Dr. Campbell said there, food retailers are more »
Over the past two weeks the contamination of beef burgers with horse meat has headed the national papers frequently with new updates on the extent of the problem reaching new limits until yesterday, when the results of a final series of tests were announced. During this period, representatives of various supermarkets have spoken out about more »
Tonight MPs will vote on whether marriage should be open to gay people. The prime minister appears to be significantly sidelining a large number of conservative MPs in order to push through this bill. However, what seems to have been highlighted by the debate of gay marriage is some of the more intolerant views of more »
Last week the government announced plans to introduce a direct entry system into the higher ranks of the police force. The idea is to increase competition, open entry into the higher ranks to fresh blood and new ideas and also to try and make the senior ranks of the force more representative of the population more »