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Warwick HRI has been quick to reap the benefits of its merger with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. A joint research proposal between scientists at Warwick HRI and researchers in the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Department of Politics and International Studies has won a £316,000 grant from the Research Councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use programme for a project on the science and regulation of bio-pesticides.

Today’s society is wracked by moral shortcomings apparent in numerous scandals that hit headlines, such as the murder of innocent victims and racist attacks. In a time when the role of morality is being continually questioned philosopher Professor Roger Trigg from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ defends the significance of morality in our social and political lives in his new book Morality Matters.

15 gifted students, all members of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, are to team up with police and members of Royal Botanic Gardens staff , Kew on Saturday 24th July for a one-day event in forensic investigation, where they will solve a murder using pollen analysis.

Historians from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ have won a grant of over £155,000 to investigate and catalogue trade cards and advertising in the 18th century. French trade cards illustrate the development of advertising language and images, and mark the moment when shopping became seductive.

New research from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ reveals that in the wake of Diana, Princess of Wales's premature death, David Beckham has stepped into a public role on a par with her place in the celebrity constellation, and that their appeal is strikingly similar.

The Olympiad kick off marks the return of the Games to their ancient birthplace. In Ancient Greece the land's best athletes would test their skills in events like wrestling, and running. However, one constant of the Olympics is the significance of sporting superstars.