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Fast-track degrees attract career-minded students The new nine-to-five degree, which spells the end to three-month summer vacations, is proving a hit with lawyers, hoteliers and professionals keen to...
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: 13/10/2006
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Report on EU Presidency's 14-15 September conference on nanotechnologies
Helsinki, 15 September 2006 Conference Internet-page The conference "Nanotechnologies: Safety for Success" organized by the Finnish Presidency on 14-15 September 2006 in Espoo, Finland, attracted...
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Draft Community framework for state aid for research and development and innovation -- comments by 13 October (extract)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 The State Aid Action Plan adopted in June 2005 stated that the Commission would consider to create a Framework for R&D and Innovation. When prolonging the Community...
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GM Oilseed rape Ms8xRf3 (Extract from Commission Press Release: Preparation Agriculture/Fisheries Council of September 2006)
Brussels, 15 September 2006 The Council is due to vote on a proposal from the Commission to authorise a genetically modified oilseed rape (known as Ms8xRf3) for import and processing in the EU. The...
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Commission Communication: Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Putting knowledge into...
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Satellites help forecast crop yield
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 Through the analysis European satellite imagery, researches estimate 2006 crop yields to be lower than last year. Scientists have determined that the total area affected by the...
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Commission approves state aid to Franco-Chinese R&D project
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 The European Commission has given France the all-clear to grant €100 million in state aid to a Franco-Chinese research and development (R&D) project at Eurocopter,...
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First ever tree genome sequenced
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 For the first time, the genome of a tree has been sequenced. The tree in question is a type of poplar known as the black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa). Sequencing the poplar...
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Come face to face with researchers at European Researchers Night, 22 September 2006
Brussels, 15 September 2006 After the success of 2005, the European Commission is once again supporting events across Europe to celebrate “European Researchers Night”. There will...
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Xena trounced by Eris
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 The chaos surrounding the classification of the planets has had an unforeseen consequence on the naming of the dwarf planet-formerly-known-as-Xena. It will now be known as 'Eris...
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Coreper Agenda Item on the 7th Framework Programme
Helsinki, 15 Sep 2006 2153rd MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) Date: Wednesday 20 (10:15) and Friday 22 (10:15) September 2006 - Proposal for a Decision of the European...
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Statement of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms in response to the request of the European Commission on inadvertent presence of genetically modified rice LLRICE601 -- no imminent
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 Full text [...] Conclusions The available data are not sufficient to allow the safety of LLRICE601 to be assessed in accordance with the EFSA guidance for risk assessment....
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e-science Research Grants and Studentships
Deadline: 02/11/2006
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Today's news
Young 'will lose half of their pay to taxes' Young people will have to hand over almost half their salary to the taxman, according to a report which shows the escalating financial pressures facing...