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Come to Dundee, as seen on TV The University of Dundee has become the darling of the advertising industry - the first time any higher education institution in the UK has found itself with such...
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Impact assessment report confirms success of FP5
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 According to the authors of a new report on the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), the programme was a success, with high levels of goal attainment and impacts in terms of...
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Austria presents Presidency research priorities
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 The Austrian government, which takes over the EU Presidency on 1 January, has published its priorities in the field of research. The priorities mainly concern pushing for the...
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Supporting innovative SMEs in the medicinal products sector
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 On 15 December the European Commission adopted a new regulation aimed at promoting the development of new medicinal products by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), by...
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Wikipedia matches Encyclopaedia Britannica for science, peer review finds
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 A study by the journal Nature has found that the accuracy of scientific information contained in the free online resource Wikipedia is roughly the same as that of the...
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Molecular brain imaging in very early Alzheimer's disease
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 The final workshop of a Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) concerted action on neuroreceptor imaging will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 and 3 February. 'Neuroreceptor...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: European Technology Platforms - making the move to implementation, Seminar of Industrial Leaders of European Technology Platforms
Brussels, 16 December 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you here today. Your presence demonstrates that the continued momentum behind European Technology Platforms....
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EESC welcomes the seventh RTD Framework Programme from 2007 till 2013 as a first step in the right direction
Brussels, 15 December 2005 The European Economic and Social Committee considers in its opinion the Commission’s proposal to increase expenditure and to devote nearly 8% of the total...
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Today's news
Medical students face £20,000 debt The average debt faced by final-year medical students has topped £20,000 for the first time, according to a report to be published today. The British Medical...
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..but it's cold comfort for our hot times
Climate Change and Biodiversity - Climate Change and Africa
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel written by an 18th-century MP who died of yellow fever and was buried at sea. He was obliged...
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Flying cash was start of easy money
The Origins of Value
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Nothing naive about sticking it to the mullahs
The Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami
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Back to school for some hard knocks
My Freshman Year
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Composer with collaborators who feared joining the ranks of his 'corpses'
Letters from a Life