Not so miraculous 2
Last week's feature by Kenneth Good, professor of political studies at the University of Botswana, on the case for democratic reform ("What use is a silent witness?", May ) was a refreshing read,...
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Trust me, I am a physicist
When Stephen Hawking saves you a seat next to him at a conference dinner, you know you've arrived in theoretical physics. Anna Fazackerley meets Lisa Randall, whose ideas about extra dimensions have...
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Welcome to cyber-campus: make friends and insult people
A controversial US website that shares students' personal details has arrived in the UK. Stephen Phillips logs on The social life on US campuses is somehow different this year. The conversations...
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Big questions in history: It's not even the end of the beginning
The boast that 'history is over' is an idle one. Historical hiatus, or peace, is always the prelude to war, says Benjamin Barber The end of history recurs with some regularity. Every time a scholarly...
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Big questions answered
Have you ever wondered, as you listen to the vice-chancellor's graduation Address, what makes a great leader? Have your thoughts ever turned to what makes successful government as you sit in a...
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Campus curiosities
Number 7: The Turf Tavern, Oxford Bill Clinton may have regretted smoking marijuana ("I did not inhale") but at least he didn't have to admit to any part in cockfighting, bear-baiting or bare-knuckle...
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Muse of the lab shapes edgy art (1)
Science can inspire art and art science - just ask Mark Miodownik, a mechanical engineer, and Jane Prophet, an artist, whose collaboration in the use of novel materials sparked a creative buzz The...
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Muse of the lab shapes edgy art (2)
Science can inspire art and art science - just ask Mark Miodownik, a mechanical engineer, and Jane Prophet, an artist, whose collaboration in the use of novel materials sparked a creative buzz The...
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The new and the yet-to-be realised elements of the avant-garde (1)
Science can inspire art and art science - just ask Mark Miodownik, a mechanical engineer, and Jane Prophet, an artist, whose collaboration in the use of novel materials sparked a creative buzz NEW...
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The new and the yet-to-be realised elements of the avant-garde (2)
Science can inspire art and art science - just ask Mark Miodownik, a mechanical engineer, and Jane Prophet, an artist, whose collaboration in the use of novel materials sparked a creative buzz NEW...
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Reding targets European Research Area for Grids
Brussels, 01 Jun 2005 The continued and growing investment in Grid research under the Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes (FP5 and FP6) is clear evidence of the enormous potential that many in...
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Reduction and refinement of animal testing ahead of replacement, argue Finnish universities
Brussels, 01 Jun 2005 A number of Finnish universities, as well as the Finnish Association for Laboratory Animal Veterinarians (FALAV), have teamed up to provide recommendations on alternatives to...
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Ireland provides ten million euro for health research
Brussels, 01 Jun 2005 The Irish Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, has announced that the government will provide ten million euro for health research programmes,...
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ASD welcomes moves towards space policy but urges additional funding mechanisms
Brussels, 01 Jun 2005 ASD, the aerospace and defence industries association of Europe, has welcomed the Commission's recent communication on the creation of a European Space Policy, but emphasised...
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Call for tenders to draw up scientific summaries for chemical substances for committee on limits
Brussels, 01 Jun 2005 The Commission's Employment and Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG is calling for tenders to draw up scientific summaries for the Scientific Committee for Occupational...