Astra fuels biotech M&A with $1.3 billion Ardea buy
AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. company Ardea Biosciences for $1.26 billion, giving it a new gout drug to bolster its weak pipeline in a deal that feeds a wave of M&A in the biotechnology sector. The $32-a-share acquisition - a 54 percent premium to Ardea's closing price on Friday - is worth $1 billion after deducting the existing cash
A life online: Im a nerd who likes to keep his private life private
Nick Perry began using the nascent internet in 1991, when he started his degree in engineering and computer science. He and his fellow students were given email accounts on the computing department's Unix network, a rudimentary text-only system with no user interface. 'It really felt quite exciting, seeing where it was all going. All of a
Is the Six-Million-Dollar Man feasible?
Can we all give ourself super eyesight, super force and super speed?Science fiction is littered using the concept of melioration the human body having machinery. In the 1970s traditional TV series The Six Million Dollar Man, the primary character - astronaut Steve Austin - is horrendously hurt in a test flight accident. He was
Around the world in a solar car
Students at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences in Germany are going on the road trip of a lifetime. In a two-seater electric car powered only by the sun, a team of students plan to circumnavigate the world. These German students designed the SolarWorld Gran Turismo (SolarWorld GT) and
Welcome to the desktop degree...
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in 1995 to be precise, a scholar named Eli Noam published an article in the prestigious journal Science under the title 'Electronics and the Dim Future of the University'. In it, Professor Noam argued that the basic model of a university - which had been
Don't scare people over cybersecurity, say MPs
The government should not 'scare people' about the dangers of cybercrime but do more to make people aware of how they can protect themselves online, a group MPs has said.The Commons Science and Technology Committee said malicious software - or 'malware' - was a growing threat
Could Kodak's demise have been averted?
There is an old saying that hindsight is the only exact science, and it's true. The news that Kodak's long fade to black has finally ended with the company filing for Chapter 11 protection (a way of protecting it from bankruptcy while it attempts to restructure) has prompted an avalanche of
Michael Gove admits schools should teach computer science
Education secretary Michael Gove has acknowledged that current ICT teaching in schools is out of date and that computer science has a place in secondary education. Speaking to a group of young reporters at the Schools Network's national conference last week, he stated, 'One of the problems we've had
