Plea for French-built synchrotron
France should develop a new-generation synchrotron on its own territory, a parliamentary committee has unanimously concluded, flatly contradicting former research minister Claude All gre's decision...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Unwanted Christmas gifts are economically inefficient. John Kay examines US academic Joel Waldford's super-rational view of Christmas. THE GUARDIAN Thirty-six Scottish pupils may...
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IT and research ambitions of the Presidency
Copenhagen, 28 June 2002 During the Danish Presidency, the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Helge Sander, will be the President of two Councils of Ministers: Telecommunications (IT...
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Falling fortunes of the lands of the rising sun
The Great Divergence
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From Darwin to Internet at the speed of light
Paris, 26 Nov 2002 Internet traffic jams may become history if ESA succeeds in developing new technology to see nearby Earth-sized planets. Why? In looking for new ways to detect planets ESA is...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: Pour une Europe plus propre et plus sûre,Conférence de presse Présentation des communications de la Commission sur GMES et la Sécurité Bruxelles, le 3 février 2004
Bruxelles, le 3 f évrier 2004 Mesdames et messieurs les journalistes, je vous remercie de votre présence. Je suis heureux d'être ici ce matin, en compagnie de mon collègue Erkki Liikanen, pour...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: Pour une Europe plus propre et plus sûre,Conférence de presse Présentation des communications de la Commission sur GMES et la Sécurité Bruxelles, le 3 février 2004
Bruxelles, le 3 f évrier 2004 Mesdames et messieurs les journalistes, je vous remercie de votre présence. Je suis heureux d'être ici ce matin, en compagnie de mon collègue Erkki Liikanen, pour...
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Report of CREST meeting (scientific and technical research) on 8 February 2002
Brussels, 9 April 2002 Scientific and Technical Research Committee ­ CREST ­ Secretariat. Summary conclusions of the 281st meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (...
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G8 members commit to lifelong learning
Leaders of the world's industrial nations have signed a charter outlining their common goals on lifelong learning. G8 members signed the charter at their recent summit in Germany. It says that...
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Clergyman's formula predicts Hollywood hits
The ideas of an 18th-century English clergyman have been used by two management scientists to forecast the success of new movies with unprecedented accuracy. Two American experts have turned to the...
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The price of success
Although R&D is vital to the bottom line, many British companies seem still not to have got the message. Martin Ince reports Are British companies finally getting enthusiastic about spending...
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In the news
The key contender to succeed Henry McLeish as Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning is Wendy Alexander, dubbed "the pint-sized policy powerhouse". Noted for her...
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V-cs: London costs a deterrent
Vice-chancellors at London universities have told London mayor Ken Livingstone that exorbitant housing costs and a failing transport system are threatening the future of their institutions. The...
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Currency before exchange
UK universities prefer fee-paying students to European ones. Anne Corbett laments our policy on mobility. Is it an idea whose time has come - that British students catch up with their continental...
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Glittering prizes
Kate Storey , a principal investigator who runs a research group in the Wellcome Trust Biocentre at the University of Dundee, has received a five-year senior non-clinical fellowship worth £900,000...