Out of Africa
On the eve of the G8 summit, Karen MacGregor considers the exodus of a continent's brightest In 1979, six African scholarship students met at Oxford University. A South African medical doctor, a...
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'Absent without leave'
Washington Ochieng, reader in geomatics and transport telematics at Imperial College London, says that returning to his homeland of Kenya is not an option. The technology and funding he needs for his...
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Does this man look like a threat?
It took seven hours to wreck Kenneth Good's life, compromise his university's autonomy and expose Botswana's democratic myth. But he still drinks to a bright future At about midday on May 31, I was...
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Clubbing cavemen really rock
Were the caves of Europe once alive with the sound of music? Steven Mithen goes in search of singing Neanderthals A group of Neanderthals sit outside a cave early one morning about 50,000 years ago....
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Muggles board for Reading at platform 9
A conference on Harry Potter will have fans waxing lyrical. But not all share their enthusiasm, says Harriet Swain How far does the muggle world overlap with the wizarding world? What can wizards do...
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Proposed Council Decision concerning the placing on the market of a maize product (Zea mays L., line 1507) genetically modified for resistance to certain lepidopteran pests and for tolerance to the he
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of a maize product (...
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EU accedes to International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 The EU today became a full member of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by depositing the instruments of accession at the General...
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Commission report Life Sciences And Biotechnology  A Strategy for Europe: Third Progress Report and Future Orientations (link)
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Report From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The Committee Of The Regions And The European Economic And Social Committee Life Sciences And Biotechnology...
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Janez Potocnik to visit Cadarache, future site of ITER
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Following on from the decision of the six international parties to build the ITER experimental project in Cadarache, France, the European Commissioner for Science and Research,...
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Top scientists get funding for global health research
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative; launched in 2003 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced on June that it is to fund 43 research projects in areas...
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Project to develop traps and repellents for malarial mosquitoes
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 An international team of scientists will cooperate for the next five years in a research project aimed at developing odour traps and effective repellents to keep malarial...
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Make FP7 more multidisciplinary, urges ALLEA position paper
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 In it's reaction to the Commission's proposals for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the federation of national science academies, known as All European Academies (ALLEA),...
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UK warned of mathematics crisis
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Mathematics in the UK is in 'a spiral of decline' and major reforms are needed in maths education to reverse the trend, according to a new report by the UK Mathematics...
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First international conference on open source systems
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 The first international conference on open source systems will take place in Genoa, Italy, from 11 to 15 July. OSS2005 will provide a forum to discuss theories, practices,...
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Universities to draw up RAE equality codes Measures to prevent women academics suffering discrimination during the forthcoming research assessment exercise were announced today. Universities will be...