A malfunction on the Hubble Space Telescope over the weekend forced NASA yesterday to delay, probably until next year, a space shuttle mission to repair and upgrade the orbiting observatory, agency officials said.

Top Justice Department officials named a longtime public corruption prosecutor yesterday to explore the basis for firing a U.S. attorney in New Mexico two years ago, escalating the uproar over political infusion in the process and raising the specter of

The bailout bill was going down to defeat on the House floor yesterday, and Democratic and Republican leaders were desperately trying to twist arms and change votes when a bipartisan group of backbenchers began to heckle them.

Icy snow falls from high in Mars's atmosphere and may even reach the planet's surface, scientists working with NASA's Phoenix lander reported yesterday.

With Career Fair just around the corner, the pressure among students to impress potential employers is building. To ease the pressure, advisers Jason Ratliff and Scott Greenhalgh from Career Placement Services offered tips to prepare and present yourself well.

Every year, the BYU Career Center organizes the Career Fair, bringing more than 150 companies that are search-ing for interns, volunteers and students to fill their paid positions.

Applications are invited for a three year postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute. The fellowship is part of a multi-disciplinary research project involving the University of Southampton, Dstl and the Met Office.The main role of the

Delft University of Technology) Researchers from TU Delft joined forces with the Center for Space Research in Austin, Texas, to develop a method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland's shrinking ice cap. On the strength of this method, it

The Tories pledge to allow 400 top performing state schools to become independent Academies.

The primary school "league tables" for England, due in December, will not appear until next March.

A new $10.8 million interdisciplinary research center at Ohio State University will study and develop materials for tomorrow's electronics. The National Science Foundation (NSF) today (9/30) announced that Ohio State would receive funds over six years to establish a Materials

University police have issued the 2008 Stanford Safety and Security Report, which includes statistics on crimes committed on campus over the past year.

EMTEQ's entity in Canada, Aero Consulting Services Ltd and Northern Aero Industries Ltd (ACS-NAI), received AS9100 certification registration in late August. As the leading quality system management standard in the aviation and aerospace industries, the certificate is an important step

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