A team of researchers from the Universities of Queensland and Sydney, Australia, has performed the first comprehensive characterization of a polypeptidic ant venom, that of the giant red bull ant (Myrmecia gulosa), revealing toxins that stimulate the human nervous system to cause pain. The results are published in the journal Science Advances. “Venoms of bees [...]

Smartphones and laptops seem ubiquitous at US universities, but there is still a 'digital divide,' with some students less likely than others to have consistent access to reliable technology, according to a new study.

Britain's Cambridge (3rd) and Oxford (7th) universities were the only European ones to make the top 10 in a ranking by Shanghai's Jiao Tong university Tuesday. US colleges filled the other top 10 spots. British schools UCL and Imperial College also made the 17th and 24th spots. The next best EU school was Copenhagen university (29th), followed by two other British universities (Edinburgh and Manchester), then France's Sorbonne (36th).

Around 1.5m students graduated from US universities just as the financial crash upended the economy.

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Believed to be part of last month's attacks against global education institutions, the hackers breached 52 accounts across four Singapore universities including NTU and NUS to gain access to research articles.

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Further evidence has been found by Universities of Leicester and Bristol researchers to suggest statins could "significantly reduce" the occurrence of blood clotting in certain parts of the body.