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Not all children who are sexually exploited are groomed, and the increasing tendency to link exploitation with grooming means some cases are being missed, a Cardiff University academic argues in a new book.

UK workers are being illegally denied access to justice, according to Oxford academics in a forthcoming article in the journal,  Modern Law Review .

The signs of certain diseases or health conditions can sometimes appear on people's faces: Pale eyelids may indicate anemia, a yellow tinge to the skin could signal jaundice, and cracked lips may be a warning sign of diabetes.

On 1 April 2017, Dominique Derome will become the new Head of the Laboratory for Multiscale Studies in Building Physics.

SPRU to host first Christopher Freeman Annual Lecture SPRU is hosting the first of a new, annual lecture organised by the Christopher Freeman Trust to remember the great influence of Chris Freeman.

Imogen Crump has been appointed Editor of Pursuit , the University of Melbourne's multi-media news website.

The ESA BIC Switzerland  programme is starting its second round with seven additional start-ups. Amongst others, the jury was won over by the ETH spin-off 'IRsweep'. Using a spectrometer that utilises infra-red laser radiation, the startup wants to make environmental analysis from space more precise.

Queensland Chief Entrepreneur Mark Sowerby has officially launched new, state-of-the-art facilities for the UQ Idea Hub at The University of Queensland.

Koraly Pérez-Edgar, associate professor of psychology at Penn State, runs the University's Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab.

White wedding gowns have been popular in the West for less than 200 years. Who is to say you cannot wear your favorite color on your wedding day? 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue' is an exhibition exploring the history and significance of wedding dresses.

The Faculty of Physics of TU Wien hosts the first Gender in Physics Day taking place in Austria. Advanced registration is required as seating is limited.

AUSTIN, Texas â?- As controversy continues to swirl around the White House, 43 percent of Texas voters approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president, and 51 percent disapprove, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

AUSTIN, Texas - As controversy continues to swirl around the White House, 43 percent of Texas voters approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president, and 51 percent disapprove, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

A carbon copy of a typescript fragment of The Adventures of Augie March, ca. 1952-53, titled The Life of Augie March Among the Machiavellians. The manuscript is part of a new archive at the University of Chicago's Special Collections Research Center documenting the Nobel-winning author's creative process.

SPRU Director receives honorary degree Professor Johan Schot , Director of SPRU - the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, will be awarded an honorary degree today (21 March), fr

We spend one-third of our lives in bed, yet little is known about the purpose of sleep, says Dr. Meir Kryger, Yale professor of medicine and clinical professor of nursing.

As Enterprise Week launches at Imperial, we look inside the new College facility where students come to meet and develop their ideas.

A new computer software programme has the potential to lip-read more accurately than people and to help those with hearing loss, Oxford University researchers have found. Watch, Attend and Spell (WAS), is a new artificial intelligence (AI) software system that has been developed by Oxford, in collaboration with the company DeepMind.

Hyperactivity and impulsiveness are symptoms that pose daily challenges to people living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but new research shows that they can be beneficial when it comes to entrepreneurship. Symptoms that at first glance might seem to lower performance can in fact have a positive impact on entrepreneurial traits: risk taking, passion, persistence and time commitment, all favourable for entrepreneurial flair.

University of Queensland researchers are part of a team that will conduct Great Barrier Reef aerial and underwater surveys this month as coral bleaching occurs for the second year in a row.

Rob Radwin positions a smartphone to record video of a conveyor belt - a better method, he says, for measuring the risk presented by repetitive workplace tasks and safeguard workers against injury.

A two-year Master of Music (Orchestral Performance) will launch today at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) when University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis and Chair of the

In the lead up to World Social Work Day, tonight's 50 th Anniversary event, taking place in The Edge, will celebrate the achievements of graduates from the University in social work and point to the

UCLA performed the highest combined number of heart and lung transplants among all U.S. medical centers in 2016, according to United Network for Organ Sharing data, a nonprofit that manages the nation's organ transplant system.

Read more in Pursuit (this story can be republished under Creative Commons with attribution) Journal article in Epilepsi a The international classification system for epilepsy has been overhauled for the first time in nearly three decades, with some seizure types gaining formal recognition, far better information on causes, and greater recognition that epilepsy may be associated with other disorders.

ANN ARBOR'A University of Michigan startup that's developing a non-invasive way to remove diseased tissue from cancer patients using high-intensity ultrasound has attracted $8.3 million in Series B financing.

Children from disadvantaged families in the UK are more likely to have lower education, be out of work and experience poverty in adult life than their peers in other European countries, apart from Ireland and Belgium, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE). The study, which was carried out by researchers from the Department of Social Science at the IOE in collaboration with the University of Bath, will be released in a working paper on Friday 10 th March.

Students from seven UK universities met Chinese employers - and discovered career opportunities in China - at the China Careers Fair, hosted for the first time by University of Warwick Fair included

Efforts to end the gender pay gap could be thwarted by the tendency for women to be pessimistic about their earning potential, shows new research from the University's School of Management. The study finds that women underestimate their earnings prospects, leading to lower expectations and little inclination to push for higher wages or promotion, or seek a better paid position.

Most of us have impulses we try not to indulge: We generally know we should not get too angry, drive too fast, or be unkind to others.

The real hourly wages of men who have a history of casual jobs are generally 10 per cent lower over the long-term than men who have mostly worked in permanent employment, according to new research from the University of Melbourne This finding is particularly relevant to Australia where casual employment contracts can be used by employers with greater ease that in many other countries.

A writing group for PhD students and early career academics has helped to boost productivity and reduce stress for Oxford University humanities students.

Cardiff University is taking a whole family approach to encouraging girls to follow careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

MIT spinout Bevi believes it can cut the world's use of bottled drinks with a smart beverage machine of the same name that delivers high quality, flavored water - straight from the tap.

What is the key to positive and successful ageing? How can society best provide for our greying population? These and other questions on the process of growing older are the focus of a new book by University of Queensland clinical geropsychologist Professor Nancy Pachana.

Sussex academics to explore past lives of the BBC in major five-year project A major new project that will tell the story of the BBC directly through the voices of the people who worked there has been announced today.

Carnegie Mellon University has named Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy Professor Jay F. Whitacre the new director of the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation , effective May 1.

The welfare of millions of animals in China - which raises and slaughters more livestock than any other nation - is the focus of a project led by the University of Queensland's School of Veterinary Science.

Water research is expanding at the Institute for Molecular Engineering , reaching from agriculture to medicine, basic science to product development.