Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 UK astronomers have produced a compelling case that Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky, has a planetary system around it more like our own solar system than anything...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 Ten very varied projects have been selected for funding under the new and emerging science and technology (NEST) activity of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The activity...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 The UK government's department of trade and industry (DTI) has published a new report outlining its strategy to boost the country's innovation performance and productivity. In a...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 A new UK based charity has brought together scientists, pharmaceutical companies, intellectual property (IP) experts and governments from around the world to find innovative...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 The UK's particle physics and astronomy research council (PPARC) has announced funding of 22.74 million euro for a massive computing grid, to be known as GridPP2. The computer...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 The ninth international human genome meeting, HGM2004, will be held from 4 to 7 April 2004 in Berlin, Germany. The event is specifically designed to update and increase the...
Geneva, 18 Dec 2003 Full text SUMMARY 1. This document provides updated information on various steps under way to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of WIPO...
Prince Charles' scientific prejudices were blamed this week for depriving leading scientists of honours. The chief executive of the Medical Research Council, Colin Blakemore, was considering his...
Reality TV show Big Brother has won The THES poll to find the programme that most undermines British culture. But former Big Brother contestant Jon Tickle hit back at academic voters, branding them...
When the Beagle 2 probe separates from the Mars Express spacecraft this Friday, a host of British scientists will feel their pulses quicken. Monica Grady will have more reason than most for feeling...
Barry Ife , professor at and acting principal of King's College London, has been appointed principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. David Melville , professor and vice-chancellor of the...
UK universities and colleges are in danger of being squeezed out of the burgeoning multibillion-pound overseas student recruitment market, the British Council has warned. Major competitors such as...
Students will use computers in exams within ten years because of the changes technology is bringing to assessment in universities, a leading educational technologist has predicted. Tim O'Shea, vice-...
Moves in the European Parliament that could have outlawed experiments on cloned human embryo cells in the UK have been defeated. The Human Tissues Directive was passed by MEPs on Tuesday. Opponents...
The world's largest computing grid is to be formed in the UK, backed by Pounds 16 million from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. A prototype grid has been running across ten UK...