The stereotype of the physics geek is alive and well among the general public and academic physicists themselves, a survey has found. The Institute of Physics challenged a random selection of...
The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has rejected criticism this week that it is denying career opportunities to scientists by refusing to allow contract researchers to bid for...
The Natural Environment Research Council, which cancelled a round of grants last summer, has found a spare £10 million that it has put up for grabs, writes Caroline Davis. Nerc is inviting...
Cuts are likely despite high levels of excellence, writes Anna Fazackerley. A mass cull of physics departments is on the cards unless the subject is given urgent financial assistance, leading figures...
The five Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland are discussing plans to boost formal cooperation between their researchers within a Nordic Research and Innovation Area,...
Nato secretary-general Lord Robertson has presented Andrei Larichev the 2003 Nato Science Partnership prize. The Russian scientist developed a revolutionary device for helping diagnose eye disorders...
More than 20,000 Chinese students attending Australian universities will have their qualifications recognised on their return home under an agreement signed by Chinese president Hu Jintao and...
Seven students arrested for distributing pamphlets opposing the Burmese government's plan for democratisation and reconciliation are being held at a military interrogation centre and will soon be...
Human Rights Watch has called for the release of Dariush Zahedi, an Iranian-American academic due to teach at the University of California, Berkeley, who has been held without charge by Iranian...
The number of doctoral graduates in Canada has fallen by 4.9 per cent to the lowest level in five years, worrying university faculty recruiters looking to fill an estimated 30,000 jobs in the next...
The US Congress is launching an assault on universities in a bid to get them to keep down their costs. Republicans in the House of Representatives have filed a bill that would block universities from...
Five years of steady growth in the number of international students attending universities in the US has come to an abrupt halt, writes Jon Marcus in Boston. The number rose barely 1 per cent this...
Spanish scientists have launched a manifesto in support of stem-cell research that they hope will win international support. The five-point Seville Declaration describes the discovery of stem cells...
Students burnt tyres, paraded in bikinis and bedecked donkeys with placards outside five blocked university campuses across the country in protest against the Israeli government's failure to honour a...
Upfront tuition fees are essential if universities in sub-Saharan Africa are to improve academic standards, build postgraduate programmes and stem the loss of faculty, a World Bank conference in...