Brussels, 18 October 2006 By Charlene Porter Washington File Staff Writer Scientists at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have developed a vaccine that protects mice...
Brussels, 19 Apr 2006 Chernobyl has become more than just the name of the world's biggest ever nuclear disaster. Chernobyl has become a by-word for the dark side of modern life - how technology can...
Harvard abandons fast-track entry that favours elite Harvard University is to drop a controversial fast-track admission system for elite students in an attempt to open up America’s top colleges to...
Brussels, 18 Oct 2005 European scientists are currently in Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria evaluating the avian influenza situation in these countries after the virus was detected in Turkey and Romania...
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Inadequate coastal defence systems could hamper Britain's ability to cope if a tsunami strikes, leading experts warned this week. Coastal defence specialists told The Times Higher that governments...
Brussels, 23 May 2005 Today the European Commission sought Council approval for its recommendation to start negotiations on a cooperation agreement with South Korea on the development of a Civil...
Brussels, 20 Feb 2006 Ice cores drilled in Siberia from the Belukha glacier by a joint Swiss-Russian team have revealed increases in temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius over the past 150 years. The...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2005 The European Tech Investment Forum will take place in London, the UK, on 23 May. Between 40 and 50 emerging technology companies from across Europe will present themselves to a...
The engagement of the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist scholars and practitioners with Western science has opened doors into the mind's inner workings and to new interest in 'poetic perception', writes...
What the ape can tell us about that horrific human drug trial New drugs such as the one used in the Northwick Park Hospital trial may be intrinsically unsafe for human beings because of an immune...
Industry and higher education are uniting to convert the intellectual resources in London's universities into sustainable economic growth and social gains London has global strengths in economic...
What's it about? This conference will take an inventive look at invention in the Middle Ages, between 500 and 1500. This can include technological advances, but also the invention of literary forms...