Germany opens nuclear reactor for research
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 A new atomic reactor, using enriched uranium and aimed at furthering scientific research and developing new technologies in the fields of medicine and biology, was inaugurated...
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EU project on monitoring European democracy to present results
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 The results of the EUROPUB project, 'the European public space observatory; assembling information that allows the monitoring of European democracy', will be presented in...
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Call for papers for European labour market research conference
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 Within the framework of the upcoming Dutch EU Presidency, a conference entitled 'Quality in labour market transitions: a European challenge' is being organised by the EU funded...
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Encounter with Phoebe: The most complex interplanetary mission ever launched is about to meet one of our Solar System's most enigmatic bodies
Paris, 10 Jun 2004 The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will fly by Saturn's largest outer moon, Phoebe, on Friday, 11 June 2004. The spacecraft will capture images of Phoebe that have a...
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European agreement on James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) signed
Paris, 10 Jun 2004 An agreement between ESA and seven Member States to jointly build a major part of the MIRI instrument, which will considerably extend the capability of the James Webb Space...
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Brown set to double cash for science
Spending on science and innovation will more than double over ten years under plans to be announced by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, before the end of the month. The unprecedented commitment far...
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Managers claim right to search staff as they tighten campus rules
Academics face the prospect of stop-and-search policies on campus as commercial employment practices and security measures creep into the once genteel world of academe, experts warned this week....
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In the news: Clifford Stott
Clifford Stott is jetting off to Portugal today for Euro 2004, but the next four weeks will be all work and no play for the Liverpool University lecturer in social psychology. Dr Stott will be...
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Appointments
Leeds University has appointed the following to centenary chairs: Zhongmin Jin , professor of medical engineering at Bradford University, chair in computational bioengineering; Jon Lloyd , Max Planck...
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Fee information may be withheld
Universities worried about how to set their tuition fees and bursaries may "hold back" information from their 2006 prospectus and risk leaving sixth-formers temporarily in the dark about the cost of...
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Misled? I'll just consult my stars
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World
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Map of a city, not of its soul
James Joyce's Dublin
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Midas brand with surreal twist
Ernö Goldfinger
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Stalin's call for a little harmony
Shostakovich and Stalin
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a doctor: "Dearest Cousin Mikhail Mikhailovich, A few days ago I had the honour and pleasure...