BBC: A new type of graduate school for science and technology was announced on 4 January by the UK’s universities minister David Willetts. The advanced research center would rely on international partnerships and corporate sponsorship and receive no additional government funding. The move is part of an overall push to encourage business and industry investment in research; Willetts has proposed to increase nongovernment funding for universities in general by 10%.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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