Brian Fagan warns that global warming could shut down the Gulf Stream, locking Europe in a savage winter and the Middle East in a scorching drought for as long as ten centuries. What would happen if...
Empires are built for a variety of motives -a quest for wealth, an urge to dominate, a wish to impose order on haphazard conquest, even a desire to do good. But, says Hugh Thomas, they do share one...
Empires are built for a variety of motives -a quest for wealth, an urge to dominate, a wish to impose order on haphazard conquest, even a desire to do good. But, says Hugh Thomas, they do share one...
The UK could profit from the US' politicking with basic biomedical research, says Roger Pedersen If you've seen the movie The Graduate, you'll remember the scene in which the financier walks over to...
Online courses offered by a consortium of universities are attracting much interest in Asia and Europe. Geoff Maslen, in Melbourne, reports. The first specially developed courses to be delivered...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An Austrian company is set to revolutionise communication between Europe's citizens with the launch of a large round screen which allows one-to-one, real time, oral and visual...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An Austrian company is set to revolutionise communication between Europe's citizens with the launch of a large round screen which allows one-to-one, real time, oral and visual...
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 There is a huge, unexplored universe out there, but astronomers are breaking with centuries of tradition and turning away from their telescopes and towards their computers in...
"Advancing the Millennium of Learning" is the theme of this year's WEM conference and exhibition (Lisbon, Portugal: May 20-23, 2003), of which The THES is a media partner. Now in its fourth year, WEM...
Paris, 25 Mar 2005 Photos In orbit for three and a half years now, ESA's smallest Earth Observation satellite is making a big contribution to science, a workshop heard this week. Proba applications...
More than 50 universities in Africa, Latin America and Asia have formed the Southern Universities Network to prepare for competition in the higher education market. The network is the brainchild of...
Genoa, 9 January 2004 Mr Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished visitors, Professors, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear students, 2004 is a special year for Europe, as it is for Genoa. This year Genoa is the...
Genoa, 9 January 2004 Mr Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished visitors, Professors, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear students, 2004 is a special year for Europe, as it is for Genoa. This year Genoa is the...
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...