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The article describes the foundation and evolution of one of the earliest departments of aeronautical engineering in Great Britain. It relates that the aeronautical department at Queen Mary College is the first British higher education institution to begin teaching and research in the subject. A brief history of the College's origin in the East London College is discussed, as well as the foundation of the aeronautical laboratory at the college. Also, the activities of the two men, Albert Peter Thurston and Norman Augustus Victor Tonnstein, who were responsible for the growth of aeronautical department in the College is cited.

The article discusses research being done on the ethnic variations in mammographic density. It references a study by V. A. McCormack and colleagues, published in the 2008 issue of the "American Journal of Epidemiology." The study included 645 women aged 50 to 64 years in Great Britain. It found that ethnic differences in mammographic density are prevalent in people with breast cancer risk.