Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 Researchers in Finland have found that patients with periodontitis (severe bacterial gum infection) do not benefit from antibiotic treatment for heart attacks. This is the first...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 LIFT, a conference exploring the applications of new technologies, will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 2 and 3. The goal of the conference is to bring together...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 The Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, UK, has devised a method which is hoped will reduce methane emissions in cows and other animals. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 Researchers from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in Paris (IRD) have identified a carrier for the Ebola (haemorrhagic fever) virus - bats. The...
Applications to university will fall as fees rise, minister admits University applications are likely to fall for the first time in eight years after the introduction of increased tuition fees, the...
To Be a Woman
The Official History of the Falklands Campaign - The Official History of the Falklands Campaign
Gannibal - The Moor of St Petersburg
Pythagoras
The Classical World
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a novelist: "Victoria Sackville-West was thirty when she went into labour for the first and...
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Middle East under Rome
Symbols and Allegories in Art