A truly stellar career that ended with a big bang
Fred Hoyle's best ideas lit up the scientific world, but his worst meant devastating humiliation for astronomy's brightest star, says Simon Mitton At the end of the Second World War, British...
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River runs through the imagination
Artist John Virtue has returned to London to find a city he once abandoned overflowing with inspiration, says Steve Farrar One January morning just over two years ago, a thickset middle-aged man...
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Does your chancellor come up trumps?
Being head of a university is no longer a game for local aristocrats and industrialists. The stakes are high but The Times Higher can help load the deck in your institution's favour The days of the...
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The final motion is a suicidal split over ethics
Anna Fazackerley lifts the lid on the bitter division among MPs that threatens the future of science's watchdog Before Ian Gibson went upstairs to his party last Monday, he knocked back a big glass...
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Draft Summary of Conclusions 161st Meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee Held in Brussels on 15-16 March 2005 (link)
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 Full text of Document 256/05 Suite of documents 256/05 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The Committee adopted the agenda, as set out in CM 723/05 of 24 February 2005. 2. WELCOME...
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Finalised Text of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee on Cooperation in European Security Research (link)
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 Full text of Document 6799/05 Suite of documents 6799/05 Subject: DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific...
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Real Lisbon work begins as Commission unveils integrated three-year guidelines
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 'Last month EU leaders made clear that they are ready to do the necessary to put the Union on a higher growth path and to realise our social and environmental ambitions. Today...
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Greens want FP7 funding for alternative medicine
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The Greens and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament have called for a stronger homeopathy presence in Europe and urged the Commission to fund research into...
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Laboratories worldwide destroy lethal virus samples
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 Laboratories around the world have been destroying a potentially deadly influenza sample sent to them accidentally in testing kits. The samples of Asian flu, which killed over...
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Schröder and Putin sign up to strategic research partnership
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Russian President Vladimir Putin have signed an agreement on a strategic partnership in the field of research and innovation. The...
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UK-Turkey R&D collaboration day
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 A UK-Turkey research and development (R&D) collaboration day will take place in Newcastle, the UK, on 18 May. The main objective of the event is to introduce the...
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Biology and society
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 A conference on interdisciplinary and cross-border research on biology and society will take place on 19 April in Umeå, Sweden. The event will bring together natural...
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Prior information on two studies related to the Barcelona objective
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The European Commission has published two prior information notices for upcoming calls for studies relating to the 3 per cent Barcelona research investment objective. The two...
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Prior information notice - studies for EURAB
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The European Commission has published a prior information notice on a call for tenders for studies on topics to be selected by EURAB. The studies will address topics currently...
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Assessing the impact of FP5 'Quality of Life' projects - prior information
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The Commission has given prior information of a planned call for tenders relating to an assessment of the impact of research projects funded under the 'Quality of life' section...