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Lasers could heat materials to temperatures hotter than the centre of the Sun in only 20 quadrillionths of a second, according to new research. Theoretical physicists from Imperial College London have devised an extremely rapid heating mechanism that they believe could heat certain materials to ten million degrees in much less than a million millionth of a second. The method, proposed here for the first time, could be relevant to new avenues of research in thermonuclear fusion energy, where scientists are seeking to replicate the Sun’s ability to produce clean energy. The heating would be about 100 times faster than...

LONDON, April 23, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Protesting endorsement of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, Britain's main university teachers' union decided on Friday, April 22, to boycott two major Israeli universities. Association of University Teachers (AUT) General Secretary Sally Hunt, who announced the decision, urged all members to avoid all academic or cultural cooperation with the universities, reported Reuters. AUT council, meeting in Eastbourne England, voted to boycott Bar-Ilan because it runs courses at colleges inside Ariel Jewish settlement, built on the occupied West Bank. The body, the trade union and professional association for over 48,700 UK higher...