Information day on marine research within FP6
Brussels, 18 May 2004 An information event on marine research within the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will be held in London, UK, on 15 July. The event is aimed at presenting the activity areas in...
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Technology transfer during the Olympic Games
Brussels, 18 May 2004 The Athens Business Club 2004 is to hold a technology transfer event during the Olympic Games in August this year. Those visiting the Olympics are invited to explore new...
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'It is awkward being in weightlessness'
Paris, 18 May 2004 After Wubbo Ockels (1985), ESA astronaut André Kuipers is now the second Dutchman to know what it is like to live and work in space. At the end of April he spent nine days on the...
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Today's news
College chiefs take funding protest to Westminster Members of the Association of Colleges, which represents all further education establishments, will today descend on parliament for a national day...
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Stop moaning, says exams chief As the exam season began today the head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Ken Boston, made an outspoken attack on those who wail "dumbing down" every year...
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Competitiveness and Innovation, Council Conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, 17 May, Competitiveness Council)
Brussels, 17 May 2004 The Council had a public debate on issues summarised by Commissioners LIIKANEN , MONTI and BUSQUIN on the basis of the recent Commission communications covering aspects of...
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Communicating European Research - 11-12 May 2004: Speakers' presentations and project summaries available for download (link)
Brussels, 17 May 2004 Communicating European Research 11-12 May 2004 Brussels, Belgium Download page DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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Royal Society warns of 'faltering supply' of talented scientists
Brussels, 17 May 2004 There are worrying signs that the number of students choosing to follow careers in science is decreasing, according to the President of the Royal Society, the UK's academy of...
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Turkey to propose technology transfer network at OECD meeting
Brussels, 17 May 2004 Turkey's Minister for Industry and Trade, Ali Coskun, was in Brussels on 17 May to present the aims of a forthcoming OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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Scientists find gene for rare disease
Brussels, 17 May 2004 A team of European and North American scientists has discovered the gene for Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS), a disabling genetic disease that affects one in 10,000 children....
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US responds to criticism of its stem cell research policy
Brussels, 17 May 2004 Following signs of increasing support for embryonic stem cell research in the US, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued a statement acknowledging that additional...
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No Armageddon during Earth's magnetic switch, say German researchers
Brussels, 17 May 2004 Fears that we will be bombarded by harmful radiation from space when the Earth's magnetic field falters during the next reversal of its poles are unfounded, according to German...
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Recombinant protein production meeting
Brussels, 17 May 2004 The third recombinant protein production meeting will be held in Tavira, Portugal, from 11 to 14 November. The aim of the event will be to evaluate and compare the technological...
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UK Competition Commission clears Zeiss/Bio-Rad merger
London, 17 May 2004 The Competition Commission (CC) has approved the proposed acquisition by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (Zeiss) of the microscope business of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (Bio-Rad). Carl Zeiss...
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Today's news
Best universities snub state pupils Students from fee-paying schools are winning 3,000 places a year at top universities at the expense of youngsters from the state sector, research by the Higher...