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Tony Tysome reports on how Manchester is seeking to appoint more minority staff Manchester University is moving as close to positive discrimination as it can without breaking the law in a new drive...
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Limb implants using titanium web structure modelled on deer antlers solve infection and durability problems
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 UK researchers have made a breakthrough in the design of prosthetic appendages. False limbs have traditionally been limited in use because they have no firm contact to the...
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Mapping the future of nanotechnology: in materials, health/medical, and energy
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 An EU funded project has published a series of roadmaps, providing an overview the current situation and future of nanotechnology in three fundamental sectors: materials, health...
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International congress: regenerative biology and the bio-nano interface -- Stuttgart, Germany, 9-11 October
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 A joint BioStar and ICBN conference on regenerative biology and the bio-nano interface will take place in Stuttgart, Germany, from 9 to 11 October. Pioneering projects and...
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X-ray microscope gives researchers nanovision
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 An international team of researchers has used an x-ray microscope to create a 3D image of a nanocrystal. Their findings, reported in the journal Nature, pave the way towards the...
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ESO scientists discover 'early stage galaxy'
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 Scientists at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have come across what they think is the early stage formation of a galaxy. The 'galaxy' refers to a large clump of hydrogen...
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Coreper Agenda Entry on nomination of the President of the CPVO
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11199/06 Suite of documents 11199/06 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2147th MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) date: Friday 7 (10:15) July...
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Nanotechnology policy review announced by UK government
London, 6 July 2006 Call for Evidence The Council for Science and Technology (CST) has been asked by Government to review progress of its commitments on nanotechnology policy, and today issued an...
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Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Deadline: 02/10/2006
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Research Networking Programmes
Deadline: 30/10/2006
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Today's news
Scotland's 'Ivy League' of top universities should raise own funding Scotland should develop an American-style "Ivy League" of elite universities by allowing existing institutions to pull out of the...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Lecturer lets students write their own examination paper - The Times Higher, June 30 B.A. Honours. Cultural and Media Studies. MEDIA THEORY. PAPER 1. Try to answer at least one question. Q1 ....
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Alan Ryan
On Thomas Jefferson's gravestone, just three of his achievements are mentioned: that he was the author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom , and that...
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Fluffy bunny fantasy of the ghetto 1
The foundation on which the arguments of disintegrating communities are based is sheer student-hating prejudice ("Student 'yobs' drive out locals", June 30). It would be interesting to see how the...
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Fluffy bunny fantasy of the ghetto 2
Please add Bristol to the list of cities suffering badly from the wholesale takeover of previously well-balanced residential streets. The most potent symptoms are loud student parties that go on all...