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How the Boxing Day quake made new tremor inevitable The earthquake of magnitude 8.7 that struck off the coast of Sumatra on Monday fulfilled many of the worst fears of scientists, who predicted just...
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EPO Board of Appeals Decision on Method for producing transgenic animals (link)
Munich, 29 Mar 2005 Text of Decision T 0315/03 http:///legal.eu ropean-patent-office.org/ dg3/biblio/t030315ex1.htm 6 July 2004 85304490.7 Method for producing transgenic animals C12N 15/85 "Method...
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UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee 8th Report: Forensic Science on Trial
London, 29 Mar 2005 F ull text House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Previous Item Back to Titles Print Item
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The Gender Gap in Top Levels of Science is Closing -- but Too Slowly
Brussels, 29 March 2005 The number of women in top positions in science is growing, but only slowly. At EU level, women only make up 14% of top academics, but constitute 44% of graduates in science...
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EU disease control agency launches search for top scientists
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 A Europe wide search for outstanding disease control experts has been launched. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), a new EU agency with the mission...
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Proceedings of the Workshop held in Brussels on 25-26 January on Research Needs on
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 Full text (5 MB) DG Research http:///europa.eu.int/comm/dg s/research/i ndex_en.html Previous Item Back to Titles Print Item
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Workshop on research training in nanosciences and nanotechnologies
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 The European Commission's Research DG is organising a workshop entitled 'research training in nanosciences and nanotechnologies: current status and future needs' on 14 and 15...
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Irish scientists find drug that kills cancer cells
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 A team of Irish scientists from St James's Hospital and Trinity College in Dublin are developing a new drug that kills cancer cells without harming healthy ones. The researchers...
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UK researchers develop a new strain of 'golden rice 2' -- with 23 times more
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 Researchers in the UK have developed a new genetically modified 'golden rice' strain, which contains up to 23 times more beta-carotene than the original variety unveiled in 2000...
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Denmark wants Europe's first hydrogen train
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 The Danish region of western Jutland is hoping to become the home of Europe's first hydrogen powered train. Three towns in the region - Vemb, Lemvig and Thyborøn -...
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Statistics on Research and Development in OECD Countries in 2004
Paris, 29 Mar 2005 Research and Development Statistics (formerly Science and Technology Statistics): 2004 Edition The edition 2004 of Research and Development Statistics (RDS) provides a wide range...
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New Book: Intellectual Property Rights in Frontier Industries - Software and
29 Mar 2005 The full text of this book, plus reader comments, is available on the publisher's website. Of all the controversies surrounding the current U.S. patent system– – and...
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From galaxy collisions to star birth: ESA's Infrared Observatory finds the missing link
Paris, 29 Mar 2005 Data from ISO, the infrared observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), have provided the first direct evidence that shock waves generated by galaxy collisions excite the gas...
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ISS spacewalk Installs Last Hardware needed for the Arrival of the Automated Transfer
Paris, 29 Mar 2005 The last outstanding hardware needed before arrival of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the European-built ISS supply ship due for launch in 2006, has been installed outside...
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New directions for the International Astronautical Federation
Paris, 29 Mar 2005 IAF Press Release. During its semi-annual meeting last week the governing Bureau of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) approved plans to collect and preserve the...