While the rest of the world relied on gas or candle, at the heart of Glasgow University's campus, night was banished by electric light. In fact, by Christmas 1881, number 11 The Square, the home of...
At the Army's behest, psychologist Lew Hardy is turning centuries of tradition on its head. Paul Hill explains why The deaths of four young people at Deepcut barracks tarnished for ever the popular...
Paris, 02 Nov 2005 The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft is now back in operation after a malfunction, reported a few months ago. The instrument had been...
Universities urged to consider expanding bursary schemes Universities should increase the number of bursaries they award to students wanting to enter law and medicine to ensure that top-up fees do...
Southampton fire expected to cost £50m The bill for damage caused by a fire that wrecked a leading computer and electronics research facility at Southampton University is likely to reach £50 million...
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 The European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) has established a 'database of expert women in the life sciences' in order to try to give more visibility to female European...
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 Two training courses related to the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development, 'The Seventh Framework Programme: how to anticipate your participation?' and '...
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 Fresh, green shoots of a grass species endemic to Belgium that had been considered extinct, the 'Brome of the Ardennes', are emerging simultaneously in the UK and Belgium. The...
Universities go nuclear with £6m research boost British research councils today announced a £6 million effort to increase nuclear expertise at UK universities - and to make the technology a more...
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Paris, 31 Oct 2005 In-flight testing of the results of ESA-funded research into and development of combined solar arrays and antennas commenced on October, when an experimental device was launched...
Southampton fire expected to cost £50m The bill for damage caused by a fire that wrecked a leading computer and electronics research facility at Southampton University is likely to reach £50 million...
Brussels, 28 October 2005 Full text of Document 13813/05 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 13813/05 Subject: Commission Staff Working Document: Annex to the Report from the Commission "Annual Report on...
Brussels, 28 October 2005 Commission Decision of October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Croatia and repealing Decision...