FP5 project brings benefit to amputees
Brussels, 25 Jan 2005 A Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) project has developed new generation prosthetics and artificial limbs that use controlling computer devices. The MOL SWITCH project has built a...
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Information day on social sciences and humanities in FP6
Brussels, 25 Jan 2005 An information day on social sciences and humanities in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place on 4 February in Tallinn, Estonia. The event will focus on the...
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Seminar on social capital, quality of life and information society technologies
Brussels, 25 Jan 2005 The second SOCQUIT (Social capital, quality of life and information society technologies) seminar will take place on 22 and 23 February in Heidelberg, Germany. Organised for...
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Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, France
Brussels, 25 Jan 2005 The Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry (SETAC) is organising a conference entitled 'The raison d'être of environmental toxicology and chemistry: From obvious to...
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European patent on mutations in breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene amended after public hearing
Munich, 25 Jan 2005 An opposition division of the European Patent Office (EPO) has decided that European patent EP 705903 is to be maintained in amended form. Following a public hearing involving all...
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Evidence on Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law Given to the UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee (link)
London, 25 Jan 2005 Uncorrected Oral Evidence 19 January 2005 Human reproductive technologies and the law Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence presented by: Ms Suzi Leather, Chair, Professor Neva...
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Research and innovation essential for future agricultural policy, says Fischer Boel
Brussels, 24 Jan 2005 Innovation is the keyword for the future of our agriculture and rural development policies, says Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development....
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Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise outlines strategic plan
Brussels, 24 Jan 2005 The Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise, whose membership includes the European Commission and the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), has...
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Workshop on probiotics, Brussels
Brussels, 24 Jan 2005 The EU-funded food, GI-tract and human health cluster PROEUHEALTH will hold a workshop on probiotics in Brussels, Belgium, on 10 and 11 March. The event will present a summary...
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Scientific symposium on stabilisation of greenhouse gases, UK
Brussels, 24 Jan 2005 A symposium entitled 'Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: A scientific symposium on stabilisation of greenhouse gases' will take place in Exeter, the UK, from 1 to 3 February....
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Focus on Earth's varying magnetic field
Paris, 24 Jan 2005 Mission controllers cross their fingers whenever the Sun is stormy and their spacecraft have to fly over the South Atlantic. There, even satellites in low orbits suffer many hits...
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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...