Oxford researchers trying to improve the understanding of financial systems have new facilities to store and analyse huge volumes of financial data, which should speed up the research process.

Building works for a new research centre at UCL will begin later this month, following the formal signing of contracts worth in excess of £70 million with Kier Construction.

The arrival of visiting fellows from Brazil this week marks just one of many growing links the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham are developing with the South American country.

Patients who have had metal-on-metal hip replacements are no more likely to develop cancer in the first seven years after surgery than the general population, although a longer-term study is required, a study led by the University of Bristol and published on bmj.com claims.

The US presidential election dominates the global media every four years, with news articles, which are carefully analysed by commentators and campaign strategists, playing a major role in shaping voter opinion.

The University of Manchester will this year host the biggest event in the history of Computer Science to celebrate the centenary of Alan Turing, the father of the modern computer.

Sussex mathematician pens a probable winner - A University of Sussex statistician's latest book is likely to be a hit – especially among those keen to understand more about risk and chance.

A University of Manchester academic has won one of the oldest Maths awards. - Françoise Tisseur was awarded the Adams Prize by The University of Cambridge for her research into numerical linear algebra.