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Google to scan major libraries Google is trying to establish an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its widely-used internet search engine. The...
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Government says "no" to US software patent model - Minister meets patent critics to clarify proposals
London, 14 Dec 2004 Minister for Science & Innovation, Lord Sainsbury, today outlined the Government's firm commitment to a patent system which fosters and supports innovation in all areas of...
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Commission to establish forum for funders of basic life sciences research
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 Each year, Europe as a whole invests some 30 billion euro in the life sciences - research that deals with living organisms including plants animals and humans. Despite being...
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EU report looks into innovative activities in the pharmaceutical sector
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 If the EU wants to compete with the US and Japan as a location for innovative pharmaceutical activity, it must streamline the regulatory process and offer faster market access...
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UK scientists start diabetes vaccine trials
A team of UK scientists is set to test a new vaccine that could represent a cure for type I diabetes, the most serious form of the condition which usually affects the under 40's. The new vaccine,...
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Austria funds 11 new research projects led by women
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 Austria's Science Minister Elisabeth Gehrer presented grants to 11 women scientists under the Hertha-Firnberg scheme on 9 December, declaring that: 'We must support women so...
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Gender research in FP7
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 The Swedish secretariat for gender research, together with the Swedish EU R&D Council and the Nordic institute for women's studies (NIKK), is organising a seminar on...
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International conference on terminology and knowledge engineering
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 An international conference on 'terminological methods in content development with special emphasis on semantic interoperability and standardization' (TKE 2005) will take place...
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Proposed Council Decision on an Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation with Mexico (link)
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and the United Mexican States...
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Better use of funding for basic research into life sciences
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 Plans were announced today to create an annual funders' forum to promote better coordination of funding for research in the field of life sciences. Areas covered by such...
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Scoreboard reveals decline in EU industrial R&D spending
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 The top 500 EU companies investing in research and development (R&D) spent a combined 101 billion euro on research in 2003 - down on the total for 2002, and in contrast...
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UK invests 8.6 million euro to fight hospital superbugs
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 A new state of the art research facility to tackle hospital superbugs such as MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) has been opened at St Andrews University in...
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Networking for the fourth IST call
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 A networking day focusing on the fourth call for proposals under the information society technologies (IST) section of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in...
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Today's news
Ministers 'likely to miss' student targets Plans for a 'modest' expansion in undergraduate numbers over the next three years suggest the Government is likely to miss its target of getting half of all...
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Today's news
Google offers access to world's great libraries Google, the leading service for finding information on the internet, yesterday set out ambitious plans to become a catalogue and digital library for...