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Oxford to cut British student places Oxford University is planning to cut hundreds of places for British undergraduates and increase those for foreign students as it aims to stem chronic losses that...
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EPO opposititon division confirms patent identifying gene that shows heightened risk of ovarian and breast cancer, but without any therapeutic or diagnostic claims (in German)
Munich, 21 Jan 2005 Patent zu Ovarial- und Brustkrebs Empfindlichkeitsgen nach öffentlicher Verhandlung in geändertem Umfang aufrechterhalten Eine Einspruchsabteilung des Europäischen Patentamts (EPA...
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Why women live longer than men: It's Their Heart, say Liverpool University Researchers
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 Stories about women outliving their husbands have abounded for centuries. Reasons for this were put down to lifestyle, war and perhaps the labour-intensive work men tended to do...
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World Bank to use science and technology to drive international development
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 The World Bank has signalled its intention to boost the science and technology capacity of the world's poorest countries in order to promote their economic development. Over the...
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First Scientific Assessment of Huygens Data from Titan
Paris, 21 Jan 2005 Seeing, touching and smelling the extraordinarily Earth-like world of Titan (photos) On 14 January ESA's Huygens probe made an historic first ever descent to the surface of Titan,...
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Islands, rivers and methane springs - latest images of Titan
Paris, 21 Jan 2005 Photos All raw Huygens photos European Space Agency http:///www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.ht ml
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Schröder calls for new culture of science as he kicks off celebrations for anniversary of relativity
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 As German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder kicked off celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of his death, he...
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Regional, national and European funding initiatives for the high tech sector
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 The East of England Development Agency, in collaboration with the European Commission, is organising a best practice seminar on 'regional, national and European funding...
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International battery, hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicle symposium (EVS21)
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 What will be fuelling our automobiles in the next 30 years? Which advanced technology will capture the market? These are just two of the questions that will be addressed at the...
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Two-day FP6 training course
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 A training course with the title 'How to prepare a successful European project and write a competitive proposal - Secrets and logics of FP6 [the Sixth Framework Programme]' will...
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Finalised Text of Council Decision on a Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement with Egypt (link)
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 Full text of Document 16373/04 Suite of documents 16373/04 Subject: Council Decision on the signing of an Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the...
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Students warned of jobs shortage Students were warned today of a shortage of jobs for graduates and a possible end to the annual recruitment "milk round". A report from PwC, the professional services...
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