The Van Allen radiation belts are a hazardous environment, full of 'killer' electrons that can be lethal to orbiting satellites.

LONDON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced that Lancaster University has selected its Platform HPC Enterprise Edition solution for High Performance Computing (HPC), through its key UK partner, Viglen, a leading British manufacturer and provider of IT solutions to the education and public sector. Lancaster University is one of the UK's top research institutions so having access to enterprise-class HPC power is mission-critical.

A team of British scientists at Lancaster University and the British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh have developed a new model that shows the widespread impact inclement space weather could have on the UK.

Naegleria genome sheds light on transition from prokaryotes to eukaryotes.

Children could be at more of a risk from the air particles created by traffic pollution than was originally thought.