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Newcastle’s physics course axed Days after Newcastle upon Tyne was identified as one of the “cities of science” by Gordon Brown, Newcastle University confirmed a decision taken in principle in...
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Commission celebrates Fifth Descartes prize in style
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 The 2004 EU Descartes prize ceremony, which took place in Prague castle on 2 December in the presence on European personalities such as Czech President Vaclav Klaus, EU...
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FP7 should focus on industrial competitiveness, according to UK position paper
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 Having completed the consultation process that it launched in May, the UK government has published its position paper on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Whereas its...
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Open access would be financially disadvantageous for universities, says UK minister
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 The system of open access to published research favoured by the UK Parliament's Select Committee on Science and Technology would be costly for both universities and the...
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Report of the 160th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials for Scientific and Technical Research (COST) - 19 New Actions Launched (link)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 Brussels, 1-2 December 2004 Full text The 160th meeting of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), chaired by its President, Prof. Francesco FEDI, was preceded by a COST...
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Research Uses Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen from Water
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have demonstrated the feasibility of using nuclear energy to efficiently produce hydrogen from water. In a November 30 DOE...
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Bugger the sources and get to the heart of the matter
The Life of Graham Greene Volume Three
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The right and wrong sides of the tracks
Forever Changes - The Velvet Underground and Nico - OK Computer - Let It Be - Abba Gold
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who was once a merchant seaman: "It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone...
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A voyage from the sailboat to the bikini
The Mediterranean in History
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One more amble over the Sonderweg
A History of Modern Germany since 1815
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What beans means to a medieval priest
The Measure of Multitude
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Ram-bo is here to stir the mob
'Photos of the Gods'
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An incantation of ancestral voices
Rabinal Achi