Engineering is the first industry to start making a real move towards apprentices rather than graduates July 23, 2015 NULL
You can only enjoy the UK’s most beautiful scenery if you earn more than £45,000 July 23, 2015 The most beautiful scenery in the UK is the preserve of families who earn more than £45,000 a year, according to a new report by think tank ResPublica. Read more: Tidworth is top town in Royal Mail list of UK’s most desirable postcodes By carrying out a poll of people living across Britain, they [...]
Analytical minds prefer complex music – here’s the ultimate Spotify playlist for people working in finance July 23, 2015 The way you think determines your taste in music, according to a new study published in Plos One, and for analytical financial minds this means a preference for punk, heavy metal, and avant-garde jazz. Read more: North vs south London: Whose music tastes come out on top? Researchers at the University of Cambridge found [...]
There could be a pill that stops gluten intolerance in just three years July 23, 2015 For years, gluten intolerance has stopped millions of people enjoying some of the most delicious foods around, but scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada think they've found a way to treat the disorder. Read more: Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Asda recall “gluten free” products over fears they contain gluten They have created a [...]
People who never feel pain could bring billions of pounds to drugs companies looking for painkillers July 22, 2015 Some people will never feel pain in their lives, and the underlying genetic cause is being investigated by drugs companies that hope to develop a new type of painkiller. Read more: Silicon Valley was right to invest in DNA There are fewer than a hundred people in the world with this insensitivity to pain, [...]
Suicide cases soar among middle aged men living in the UK July 22, 2015 The number of male mental health patients who took their own lives in Britain rose by almost a third between 2003 and 2013, according to new research from the University of Manchester. In their annual inquiry into suicide by people with mental health illnesses in the UK, the researchers identified an increase of 34 per [...]
New dementia drug would work wonders for the world’s economy July 22, 2015 A dementia drug called Solanezumab could become the first ever to effectively halt progress of the brain disease, and the benefits to the economy will be huge if it is put to use. Read more: New discovery in mice paves the way for dementia cure The drug company Eli Lilly is due to reveal [...]
There’s no avoiding it – men pile on the pounds when they become dads July 22, 2015 With a baby comes a belly – but it turns out that's not just true of women, new research published in the American Journal of Men's Health has suggested. Read more: It's in the genes – you're more like your father than your mother On average, new fathers gain between 3.5 pounds and 4.5 [...]
Novartis earnings plummet but major drug release paves the way for improvement July 21, 2015 Earnings fell by 32 per cent at Novartis in the second quarter, but new medicine releases are expected to counteract the negative impact. Read more: Novartis accused of losing money for the NHS by blocking competitor drug trial During the three months ending June, net income was $1.86bn (£1.2bn) for the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, [...]
Know-it-alls know the least when it comes to spotting fake terms July 21, 2015 Pre-rated stocks, fixed-rate deduction, annualised credit – all of these are completely made up financial terms, but if you consider yourself an expert you'd probably be easily tricked into thinking they were real, according to new research published in the journal Psychological Science. Read more: One in 10 parents think their children are "too clever" [...]
