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PGT: With Rory McIlroy moving up to No. 3, Britain owns the top three spots in the rankings.

Rory McIlroy has returned to Britain, basking in his record-breaking U.S Open triumph and ready for a three-week break before he returns to the course to look for a second straight major victory.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Daresbury science park in Britain have offered a glimpse into what might be the future of nuclear energy production by showcasing a scaled down particle accelerator; one, that when combined with others just like it, could produce nuclear energy based on thorium, rather than uranium. Dubbed the Electron Machine with Many Applications (EMMA), the accelerator, a much smaller version of the kind used in physics research, such as the Large Hadron Collider, could be used to provide an accelerated beam necessary for the type of nuclear reaction used in a theoretical thorium plant.

[youtube O5MgeJwhOgU] Sir Ian McKellan has found lifelong success, but it could have turned out very differently. In a PSA released last night, the actor portrays himself as a homeless man sleeping on the street and being cruelly tormented

As NASA settles for a tried and trusted solution, Britain's plans for a next-gen Space Shuttle inch forward with the Skylon: A black, future-tech spaceplane that absolutely looks the part. The Skylon has, in a way, been some three decades in development already--stretching almost back to the days of Apollo, curiously also the model for NASA's future spacecraft . But European and British regulators have just now given approval to its design.

By Michael Holden and Omar Valdimarsson LONDON/REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An ash cloud from a volcano on Iceland shut down flights in northern Britain and elsewhere in north Europe on Tuesday and was heading to Germany, but officials expected no repeat of last year's air chaos.

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Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. Stocks set to rise after Bin Laden's fall.

It's the biggest deal Google has landed yet, an event to be watched by billions of people around the world--many of whom will check it out online.

The eco-friendly hybrid scooter recently passed a regulatory hurdle in the EU--the first vehicle of its kind to do so. This scooter from Suzuki, the Suzuki Burgman Fuel-Cell Scooter, recently revved closer to the showroom floor

Life expectancy in Europe is continuing to increase despite an obesity epidemic, with people in Britain reaching an older age than those living in the United States, according to study of trends over the last 40 years.

British MPs want compulsory finance education in schools, but there's mixed evidence on effectiveness. At the epicenter of the housing crisis was a black hole of financial literacy--masses of consumers making calculations with unrealistic mathematical expectations . To avert another capitalist catastrophe, 300 British MPs are calling for mandatory personal finance education

With the click of a mouse, archaeologist Vince Gaffney proudly summons up a vision of an ancient landscape.

LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters Life!) - Britain's national tourism agency is set to launch a major marketing campaign to persuade more wealthy tourists to spend their cash on luxury holidays in the country's castles, stately homes and theatres.