Your thoughts are no longer worth a penny
Information overload and endless means of communication have deprived us of the ability to reflect, says Terry Eagleton, who invites fellow Luddites to part company with e-mails and mobiles When do...
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An espresso at three in the morning is just so last year
US students have found a new family of drugs to give them a competitive edge, reports Stephen Phillips You don't have to frequent the dark corners of campuses to come across a student drug that is...
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Tortured, shot, ambushed, victims are found dumped outside morgues. What is happening to Iraq's intellectuals is chilling
Dr Mohammed Tuki Hussein Al Talakani Dr Eman Younis Dr Jammour Khammas Dr Mohammed Washed Professor Wajeeh Mahjoub Professor Sabri Al Bayati Professor Laila Al Saad Professor Muneer Al Khiero...
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Do you want to live to be 800? This man says that you can
A biogerontologist claims ageing can be reversed. Not all agree, finds Becky McCall I t comes as something of a surprise when Aubrey de Grey - a man who promotes a scientific theory that is dependent...
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Summers and discontents
Harvard staff's disillusionment with their ex-president wasn't just over PC politics. Their doubts over his frankness came to a head last month, says Stephen Phillips The resignation of Harvard...
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EU network for public health genomics gets underway
Brussels, 08 Mar 2006 Modern research in genetics and molecular biology offers new opportunities for improving public health and for helping the authorities tackle common diseases. It is important to...
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New platform to bring together the voices of women scientists across Europe
Brussels, 08 Mar 2006 Supporting and assisting women working in science is not a particularly new phenomenon. In fact, there are many organisations and networks around Europe with this mandate....
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'Real progress will be when young women choose not to give up on science'
Brussels, 08 Mar 2006 When one considers women in science, very few have reached the heights achieved by Susan Greenfield - director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Fullerian professor of...
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Re-searching women in science and technology
Brussels, 08 Mar 2006 A conference entitled 'Re-searching women in science and technology' will take place in Vienna, Austria, on 15 and 16 May. The event is intended to give a new impetus to...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Using research to create a dynamic European rail sector, The Annual Reception of UNIFE (Association of Railway Supply Industries)
Brussels, 8 March 2006 The Annual Reception of UNIFE (Association of Railway Supply Industries) Brussels, 8 March 2006 Mr Navarri, Members of UNIFE, Members of the European Parliament, Distinguished...
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R&D roundtable calls for greater and more varied investment in Europe
Brussels, 08 Mar 2006 European academics, businessmen and politicians took part in a roundtable discussion organised by online media outlet Science|Business in Paris on 7 March 7, to try and form a...
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Validation of alternative test methods - call for expressions of interest
Brussels, 08 Mar 2006 The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched a call for expressions of interest for the validation of...
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European research into alternative energy
Brussels, 8 March 2006 Today’s Green paper on energy highlights the important role to be played by research for the energies of the future. This background note highlights some of the...
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Today's news
Union anger over vice-chancellors' pay hikes The timing could not have been more embarrassing for university vice-chancellors. Their lecturing staff had just started a boycott of exams in protest...
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Latest research news
Scientists in revolt against cuts that will undermine Britain's climate research A torrent of high-level opposition is building up to the proposals to scrap Britain's three leading wildlife research...