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Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer¡¯s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer¡¯s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
Equity and quality are the buzzwords for countries hoping to profit from overseas students, says St¨¦phan Vincent-Lancrin Higher education is a major export industry. International student mobility...
Paris, 25 Jun 2004 The Cassini-Huygens mission, which is arriving in orbit around Saturn, has taken more than six-and-a-half years to reach its destination, and scientists have been working on its...
As China strives to build links with the West, itsscholars disagree over whether change is always for the best. Tom Mcgrenery reports With China now the place for Western universities to set up base...
The History of Tibet
The US used to be a magnet for Chinese students but the fervour has cooled and others hope to profit from the backlash, says Stephen Phillips The thought of Chinese students lining up to enter...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 The arctic climate is changing rapidly - more rapidly than the global average - with worldwide implications, an international gathering of science journalists was told on 5...
Paris, 11 Jun 2004 Spaceflight engineers face three constant challenges: reducing weight and size, improving thermal insulation and increasing reliability. Progress in these fields does not just...
Brussels, 25 Mar 2004 A workshop on the scientific, technological and societal aspects of multifunctional materials in Bologna, Italy highlighted growing research collaboration between the EU and...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 The counting system used by Ancient Greece's greatest thinkers to carry out their calculations was probably invented by their key trading partner, Egypt, new research suggests....
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 The counting system used by Ancient Greece's greatest thinkers to carry out their calculations was probably invented by their key trading partner, Egypt, new research suggests....
Brussels, 20 Jan 2004 A new study by the UCLA (University of California in Los Angeles) center for communication policy on Internet use in Europe, Asia and the US has confirmed the existence of a...