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In the shadows of some of London’s tallest skyscrapers and richest banks lurks a disease borne of the poverty and squalor usually associated with the Victorian era rather than a 21st-century financial capital.
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Psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, may help people with depression, based on two studies that suggest that the drug could have an enduring effect on patients.
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By altering the speed of light beams, like those used for data transmission, U.S. military-funded scientists created a hidden pocket in time that one day may be used in computer espionage.
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BP Plc will team up with Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation to fund energy efficiency research by and Imperial College London and the Novosibirsk-based Boreskov Institute of Catalysis.
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Harvard University lost its top spot for the first time in eight years in a global ranking of higher education institutions, being overtaken by the California Institute of Technology.
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The first Chinese citizen to earn a degree at a Western college went to Yale in 1850, according to the university. Now Yale is joining the return trip to Asia.
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On a warm evening in June at the Monaco Yacht Club, Elena Ambrosiadou stands in front of 200 guests assembled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ikos Asset Management Ltd., her $2.5 billion hedge fund. Wearing a beige skirt and top and snakeskin heels, with her long hair dyed platinum blond, Ambrosiadou is flanked by big plasma screens showing her 289-foot Maltese Falcon, the largest sailing yacht in the world, gliding past the Statue of Liberty.
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U.K. doctors are undertreating a major risk factor for strokes, according to research published in the journal BMJ Open.
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Infants with prenatal exposure to HIV are born with fewer antibodies to fight diseases such as hepatitis B and whooping cough , according to a study in South Africa that doctors say could lead to expansion of vaccination programs to include HIV-infected pregnant women.
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The University of Cambridge has retained its premier status in the QS World University Rankings, beating Harvard for a second year, as U.K. and U.S. institutions again took the top 10 spots.
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