Paris, 29 Jul 2005 Hot-firing tests of the new Vinci cryogenic upper-stage engine reached a new high on Wednesday with a successful test lasting 60 seconds. This is the longest duration test since...
Paris, 29 Jul 2005 A colourful summer marine phytoplankton bloom fills much of the Baltic Sea in this Envisat image. Phytoplankton are microscopic marine plants that drift on or near the surface of...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 Full text of this notice On 22 July 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration by which the undertaking Danaher Corporation (Danaher, USA) acquires...
London students 'the best off' Although London is the most expensive place to study, it is also the most cost-effective, a survey published today shows. Living in London costs the average student £...
The Lights that Failed
Debating Design
The Olmecs
The Great Brain Debate
The Lysenko Effect
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel described on its publication by one reviewer as an "epic of vice": "Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen...
Last Children of the Raj – Empire Families
Universities are becoming increasingly dependent on overseas academic talent, a survey by The Times Higher has revealed, prompting fears of a dwindling supply of home-grown PhDs considering academic...
Would-be staff and students using the web search engine Google to find information on Brunel University are being met with a plea to boycott the institution. In an innovative and provocative twist to...
Tim Wheeler is vice-chancellor of the latest college to be awarded university status - Chester Tim Wheeler allowed himself a glass of bubbly this week to celebrate the news that the college he has...
* The University of Wales, Bangor, has appointed Chris Freeman , former Royal Society research fellow, professor of biogeochemistry, specialising in peat bog science. * The European Space Agency has...