Many of us have heard that going to sleep when it is dark outside is healthy, as light and darkness influence our circadian rhythm. But how exactly does light affect our sleep-wakefulness cycle? New research may have found part of the answer. Now that summer is here, those of us who want to sleep in … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has underscored the need for students in private universities to have access to the Students Loan Trust Fund. According to her, access to public institutions was limited, considering the number of senior high school graduates being produced yearly, so a way must be found to help these … Read more
The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world’s smallest machines. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa will share the 8m kronor (£727,000) prize for the design and synthesis of machines on a molecular scale. They were named at a press conference in Sweden. The machines conceived … Read more
Oxford University has come top of the Times Higher Education worlduniversity rankings – a first for a UK university. Oxford knocks California Institute of Technology, the top performer for the past five years, into second place. But there are warnings the vote to leave the European Union could destabilise UK higher education and hinder work … Read more