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Hot topics about the universe explored in new debating series at Imperial College London Astrophysics group launch first debate on the origins of our universe - %0A " Wednesday 17 June 2009 By Naomi

UCL is showcasing pioneering research in biology, health and space science as part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition.

Students of all ages and teachers from New Jersey and beyond will be engaged in a summer of learning on the Princeton campus, taking part in outreach programs on subjects ranging from American constitutional history to modern molecular biology and genetics.

Popular school playground games are to be converted into Wii-type computer games as part of a unique collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield, London and East London, and the British Library and Nintendo.

Now, University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown that a form of carbon called graphene has an electronic structure that can be controlled by an electrical field, an effect that can be exploited to make tunable electronic and photonic devices.

BERKELEY — The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation Orion, has steadily shrunk over the past 15 years, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers.

Mars mission could ease Earth?s energy supply crisis New technology could provide the answers to the issue of energy supply For Immediate Release Tuesday 9 June 2009 Techniques and instrumentation in

BERKELEY — Gamma-ray bursts, with their ability to pierce through gas and dust to shine brightly across the universe, are revealing areas of intense star formation and stellar death where astronomers have been unable to look - the dusty corners of otherwise dust-free galaxies. Artist's illustration of a gamma-ray burst occurring in a dusty region of intense star formation.

Meteorite bombardment may have made Earth more habitable, says study Ancient meteorite bombardments release gases that could make Earth and Mars more habitable for life %0A " For Immediate Release Mo

An Inter-Faculty research team at the Vienna University of Technology is examining dimensionally stable and thermoconducting material combinations for nuclear fusion.

Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 Jonathan A. Bagger has been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).

Capital funding for science research has far reaching benefits says new report Second Science Research Investment Fund has supported 15 different projects at Imperial - %0A " Wednesday 27 May 2009 By

Discover the shocking truth about the state of the world's oceans as international best-selling author Allana Mitchell presents a special guest lecture at the University of Plymouth.

Imperial celebrates three new Royal Society Fellows Professors Buck, Duff and Ainsworth elected to the Royal Society 22 May 2009 A microbiologist, a theoretical physicist and a structures expert from

In the online virtual world of "Universe Quest," young girls can create characters that interact with one another and operate a virtual telescope as if it were real, obtaining actual images through a small telescope in Arizona.

Researchers closer to the ultimate green 'fridge magnet' Imperial physicists make breakthrough in the quest for a magnetically-cooled fridge %0A " Imperial College London news release For immediate r

It's modelled the evolution of the universe, simulated the behaviour of proteins and explored how different bridge types respond to weather conditions and turbulence.

Blasting off for snapshots of the birth of planets, stars and the Universe Imperial physicists get ready for the launch of major new space telescopes %0A " By Danielle Reeves Thursday 14 May 2009 Phy

Los Alamos will be home to two new Energy Frontier Research Centers through a five-year funding commitment by DOE.

Cambridge, Mass. May 7, 2009 - Theoretical geophysicist Jerry X. Mitrovica, whose studies of the Earth's structure and evolution have important implications for our understanding of climate and sea-level changes throughout Earth's history, has been named professor of geophysics in Harvard University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, effective July 1, 2009.

BERKELEY — NASA's final mission to the 17-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, which begins May 11, will deliver a new instrument partly built by University of California, Berkeley, physicists to map the structure of the universe.

Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 Fax: 443-287-9920 April 28, 2009 Johns Hopkins Media Contact: Lisa De Nike 443-287-9960, Lde [a] jhu (p) edu Space Telescope Media Contact: Ray Villard 410-338-4514, Villard [a] stsci (p) edu Adam Riess was among 72 scientists elected today to membership in the National Academy of Sciences at the organization's 1

BERKELEY — Two University of California, Berkeley, faculty members will receive $30 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to find better ways to sepa

Vienna, Austria - Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations by a suite of five NASA space probes.

PA 113/09 It is the most famous scientific equation in history, framed by Einstein more than a century ago.

Journey to ?another planet?: students talk about their trip to Antarctica Engineering students discuss travelling to the icy continent and learning more about climate change %0A " Wednesday 22 April

The UCLA Library has acquired the literary papers of the Los Angeles novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter John Fante (1909?83).

This map shows the invasion (orange) and retreat (blue) of fire risk projected for 2010-2039 under a new climate model that looks at wildfire patterns on a global scale. Click map for larger version . (Meg Krawchuk, UC Berkeley) BERKELEY — Climate change will bring about major shifts in worldwide fire patterns, and those changes are coming fast, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with scientists at Texas Tech University.

Point-of-care nanosensors for HIV diagnosis and monitoring, to be developed with £2 million award A new device for people living with HIV to monitor their own health is being developed %0A " Joint P

New security and medical sensor devices made possible by metallic nanostructures Miniscule ring and disk combine to detect chemicals and substances Imperial College London news release For immediate

Accelerating success: Imperial teams up with the Cockcroft Institute New research partnership to focus on next generation of particle accelerators %0A " By Danielle Reeves 6 April 2009 Developing the

As the region's policy makers arrive at the University of Birmingham this evening to discuss the hydrogen economy, we take a look back at where it all started.

Cambridge, Mass. March 31, 2009 - Matt Lauer, co-anchor of Today on NBC News, has been selected as the 2009 Senior Class Day speaker.

Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 In regions that have been devastated by hurr

Budding science writers are rewarded for their creativity in the Science Challenge 2009 Annual essay writing competition promotes science communication - %0A " Friday 20 March 2009 By Naomi Weston It's the year 2088 and the Earth's temperature has finally peaked.

University of Nottingham News Press releases 2009 March Ongoing worldwide shortage of medical isotopes could threaten patient care, says expert PA 72/09 A University of Nottingham expert is calling on

BERKELEY — A newly laid, 32-mile underwater cable finally links the state's only seafloor seismic station with the University of California, Berkeley's seismic network, merging real-time data f

A sticky business ? how cancer cells become more 'gloopy' as they die Imperial researchers capture images of changes as they occur inside cells %0A " Imperial College London news release Strictly embargoed for 18.00 hours GMT (14.

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David H. Levy, American comet discoverer, will be at the University of Birmingham on Monday 9th March to talk about 'Poetry of the Night: A marvellous union between science and literature'.