Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 The Technology Platform for innovative medicines has outlined a draft strategic research agenda that aims to address current bottlenecks in the biomedical research and...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 The UK scientist famous for cloning Dolly the sheep is to seek permission to ask women to donate eggs for cloning experiments. It is thought that collecting fresh eggs, as...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 Researchers in Italy have developed a new technique for producing hydrogen, and for purifying polluted gases. The technique involves the release of oxygen from cerium oxide, a...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 Australia has announced that it is increasing the funding for its Linkage International scheme, thus allowing more Australian researchers to participate in international...
Paris, 29 Jul 2005 Hot-firing tests of the new Vinci cryogenic upper-stage engine reached a new high on Wednesday with a successful test lasting 60 seconds. This is the longest duration test since...
Paris, 29 Jul 2005 A colourful summer marine phytoplankton bloom fills much of the Baltic Sea in this Envisat image. Phytoplankton are microscopic marine plants that drift on or near the surface of...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 Full text of this notice On 22 July 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration by which the undertaking Danaher Corporation (Danaher, USA) acquires...
London students 'the best off' Although London is the most expensive place to study, it is also the most cost-effective, a survey published today shows. Living in London costs the average student £...
The Lights that Failed
Debating Design
The Olmecs
The Great Brain Debate
The Lysenko Effect
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel described on its publication by one reviewer as an "epic of vice": "Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen...
Last Children of the Raj – Empire Families