Two new supercomputers "Emerald" and "Iridis 3" systems were unveiled at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at an event that also launched the Oxford University-led e-Infrastructure South Consortium that will run both supercomputers.

Google's Eric Schmidt speaks about Google's anti-trust issues, connecting the next five billion, privacy, and the company's recent Motorola acquisition.

MIRI Optical System is an instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope.

A new 'superbrocoli' developed by British scientists to fight heart disease has gone on sale today in the UK.

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research and the John Innes Center have developed a new broccoli, known as Beneforté, with capabilities to fight cancer. It is now available in the UK market.

Tens of thousands of UK students who have not made the grade for their chosen university now face a scramble to get a place at university in September. A Levels Accused of Being ‘Too Easy’ After Records Broken for 29Th Year

According to reports in the Telegraph, record numbers of students are set to miss out on their first choice university and will have to go through the pressures of UCAS clearing. The newspaper reports that the University and Admissions Service is braced for its busiest day ever with an estimated 220,000 students competing for only 40,000 university places through the UCAs clearing system.