Researchers from the University of East Anglia have been flying into storms across the UK to help predict weather more accurately. In a specially-adapted passenger jet, the group has measured the properties of high winds and rain which have hit the country in recent weeks. The project aims to improve forecasting techniques. The condensation and [...]

For William C. Powers, 2011 has been a year full of upheavals. Certain issues were foreseeable for the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the state’s largest and arguably most prestigious public university. State lawmakers were heading into a legislative session with budget axes at the ready, and nationally there were questions about [...]