Prose and Passion

here's the round-up of German pieces published this month, including the "third nose" found in mice, and new approaches to HIV...

A new international research facility is due to be built at the DESY site, Hamburg, Germany: an X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL). The promis...

Saw the mexican movie Sin Nombre this weekend, and loved it to bits. Am still all stirred and shaken. There are many good things about it, ...

Here's George Monbiot navigating the backwaters of Oxford: "I pushed through rush-choked channels scarcely wider than my boat. I fo...

I really like the paper on Raman spectroscopy of ancient art works, out in PNAS this week. First of all, what a cool job, being in the ...

(Third and final part of my Parisian impressions) Climbing up the Montmartre hill in search of Amélie vistas, all we could actually see was...

An article in last week's technology section of the Guardian claims Wikipedia approaches its limits and suggests that Wikipedia will st...

If anybody wants a tourist-free attraction in Paris, or just a nice spot to relax, I recommend the Canal St. Martin, which runs just northea...

I have a feature article on ESR out in last week's edition of Chemistry & Industry (check out their new website!) . While my previo...

I have just come back from a 3 nights trip to Paris which was quite fantastic. Thanks to my son who has autism and is addicted to walking, I...

According to plans drawn up by the DESERTEC consortium, most of Europe's energy needs could be supplied from large scale solar power pl...

Apparently, the UK government is now also backing major investment in high-speed railway lines for the UK. The Tories have already called fo...