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The University of Tokyo has announced plans to set up a research centre to study the 'Big Bang' model of the origins of the universe from both observational and theoretical perspectives.
A dispute over proposed commercial development in southern Arizona threatens to end years of peaceful coexistence between astronomers and land developers in the state.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has asked an expert panel to review possible health and environmental problems associated with the 'oxygenates' added to automobile fuel to help curb air pollution.
An electronic challenge to the traditional journals system in the biomedical sciences is being planned by a group of US scientists similar to that already in operation for physics.
One third of biological research at institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is of international standard, according to an international evaluation committee.
A software glitch has meant that the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will have to wait another 13 months before the start of a planned orbit of the asteroid Eros, which was intended to begin next week.
Japan has included a generous 8.1 per cent boost in funds for science and technology for the 1999 fiscal year, beginning on 1 April, with a strong emphasis on basic research.
Israeli government officials have condemned a French-led effort to stop Israel from participating in the European Union's Fifth Framework R&D programme unless it implements the ‘Wye Plantation’ agreement reached with the Palestinian Authority last October.