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Science Weekly podcast: Why we laugh; Hubble 3D; and future technologies
...produced by Andy Duckworth guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010 00.01 GMT Prof Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire is an expert on laughing, giggling and guffawing. He...
Ministers warned of dangers of legal highs like Miaow Miaow five years ago: expert
...so they remain legal. Author of the study, Prof Fabrizio Schifano, of the school of pharmacy at University of Hertfordshire, said: "We have identified 415 psychoactive compounds...
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At home with the android family
...boyfriends Kerstin Dautenhahn in the Robot House. Photograph: Linda Nylind On a weekday morning in a Hertfordshire street, people are knocking on the door of an ordinary-looking...
Deal agreed in Royal Mail dispute
...not been open enough about the nature of those changes. Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Hertfordshire, told the BBC that he would expect union...
University to celebrate life of 'inspirational' principal
...come." A biologist by training, Prof Pittilo joined the Aberdeen institution in September 2005 from the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, where he had been the vice-chancellor.
Widening participation will be the first victim of funding cuts
...ones." He is working hard to prevent imminent cuts jeopardising the aspirations of Gulsum, Dan and Enver. The University of Hertfordshire has announced cuts that could be in excess of...
Middle-class mothers make the countryside a no-go zone for fear of their children getting dirty
...middleclass parents limited their excursions to safe country parks and farms that catered for families. Hertfordshire University carried out the research at a prep school in the...
Youngest planet orbiting a star like our Sun is found by British astronomers
...million years, was previously known but the newly-discovered planet is about three times younger, they said. University of Hertfordshire astronomer Dr Maria-Cruz Galvez-Ortiz, who was...
"So, in 2008, the university bought a two-storey house with a large ground floor area, so our robots and participants have a lot of space to move around," Dautenhahn says. "All the furniture makes the house look comfortable, giving research participants the feeling of visiting a friend - it's not their home, but they could imagine living there."
At home with the android family Guardian | 1 week ago
Countryside ban for children because mum's cannot read maps and hate mud
...map read and are reluctant to let them get muddy, a new study suggests. Published: 9:00PM GMT 20 Feb 2010 The Hertfordshire University research carried out at a prep school in the south...
Astronomers discover 'youngest planet orbiting a solar-type star'
...said the research published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal. Dr Maria-Cruz Galvez-Ortiz, a University of Hertfordshire astronomer, described it as ''an exciting...
New Found Glory Confirmed For Slam Dunk Festival
...RX Bandits, Out Of Sight and Every Avenue. For the very first time, Slam Dunk Festival will be held in Hertfordshire as well as its spiritual home of Leeds over the May Bank...
Principal's sudden death 'a great loss to higher learning'
A biologist by training, Prof Pittilo was appointed principal of RGU in September 2005, from the University of Hertfordshire where he had been vice chancellor. From 1995 to...
