Progress in fuel cell technology
The power beneath the bonnet of the green, efficient car of the future will most likely be the fuel cell. Yet the technology needed to convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy has so...
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Elliptic curve conjecture is solved
Mathematicians have solved the 40-year-old problem that Andrew Wiles used to help him tackle Fermat's Last Theorem. The Taniyama-Shimura conjecture had been partially proved by Wiles while he homed...
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New window on a wonder of the universe
In the fleeting glory of their detonation, gamma-ray bursts release more energy than any explosion since the Big Bang and briefly illuminate the most distant corners of the universe. Now astronomers...
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Don's diary
Saturday It is the first weekend in a while that I have properly concentrated on my university work. The extra academic work this year has meant I have had to give up my part-time job in a Christmas...
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Happy ... retirement
Happy birthday to Peter Toyne, beleaguered vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, who is 60 today. Some of his staff, however, are unlikely to wish him many happy returns to the campus...
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We need edukating
Either the Association of University Teachers became confused over rebranding the University for Industry - now to be marketed to the public as learndirect - or someone needs to sign up for a...
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Ultrasound breakthrough in surgery
Chinese scientists claim to have developed a radical ultrasound technique for destroying cancer tumours. It is to be assessed by British scientists. The team of experts from the Chongqing University...
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The winning ways of men
Of the 170 science Nobel prizewinners alive today, 167 are men. Of other top international prizes open to be won by scientists, the Crafoord prize (Sweden) has been awarded to 38 men and no women,...
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Gum research leads to sticky business with sponsors
New rules for sponsored research in Denmark are planned after a chewing gum manufacturer put pressure on a Danish university to stop publishing research that fails to support its claim that its...
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Wellcome southeast bias starts fierce row
Daresbury unions are up in arms about the likely siting of a new X-ray source in Oxfordshire. Kam Patel reports. The Wellcome Trust last week revealed its case for having the United Kingdom's new...
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Spring remedy for knee troubles
Australian medics and engineers have devised an ingenious cruciate ligament replacement. Julia Hinde reports. A revolutionary design by Melbourne University engineers and doctors will take the pain...
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FE plans US-style degree
Further education colleges are joining forces with awarding bodies to present a case to the government for a new overarching FE qualification that could be a staging post into higher education or...
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AoC in external exam fee challenge
College leaders are calling for a fundamental review of "unaccountable" charges by exam boards, warning that spiralling exam and assessment costs could scupper the reform of A levels. The Association...
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Open invitation to millennium mind party
French academe is planning its own special year 2000 celebration - a massive teach-in for the the universe that will continue every single day throughout the year. L'Universite de Tous les Savoirs...
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Pounds 60 million is the business for campus initiative
More than Pounds 60 million of grants have been awarded to English universities and colleges in a government initiative to promote stronger links between higher education and business. Eighty-five...