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The Wellcome Trust comments on 2013 GCSE examination results 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Wellcome Trust supports a toughening up of exam standards in science but warns that new accountability systems for English schools risk undermining the balance of science subjects at GCSE level.
Surgical Safety Checklist is no magic bullet to prevent unsafe surgery, say researchers 16 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A widely promoted checklist to reduce complications and deaths during surgery is not straightforward to implement in either high- or low-income countries, says new research.
Wellcome Trust comment on the 2013 A-level results 15 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have today received the results of their A-level examinations. The number of students taking A-level sciences and mathematics has risen again this year.
Wellcome Trust statement on Wonga 2 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Wellcome Trust has today released the following statement regarding its investment in Wonga.
Wave of blue fluorescence reveals pathway of death in worms 24 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
The final biological events in the life of a worm are described today, revealing how death spreads like a wave from cell to cell until the whole organism is dead.
Folded figures fill the Wellcome Trust's windows in new commission 24 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
A newly commissioned installation by Phoebe Argent brings an artistic edge to Euston Road.
Brain picks out salient sounds from background noise by tracking frequency and time 23 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
New research reveals how our brains are able to pick out important sounds from the noisy world around us. The findings, published online today in the journal 'eLife', could lead to new diagnostic test...
Study links mental illness to early death in people with epilepsy 22 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
People with epilepsy are ten times more likely to die before their mid-50s than the general population, according to a 41-year study part-funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Fund launched to seed new thinking in sustaining the future of health 11 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Wellcome Trust today launches a global funding scheme to seed research into the impact of a changing world on the future of human health.
How the brain compensates for hearing loss points to new glue ear therapies 28 Jun 2013 | 04:00 pm
Insights into how the brain compensates for temporary hearing loss during infancy, such as that commonly experienced by children with glue ear, have been revealed in a research study in ferrets.
