Jet lag linked to psychosis
Jet lag can prompt relapses of psychotic disorders and could trigger new cases in predisposed individuals. A study of 152 foreign tourists admitted to the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Centre in Jerusalem...
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Rome returns to Libya
Libya has entrusted the largest treasure trove of ancient Roman coins ever found, more than 100,000 items, to the Italian National Research Council for restoration and study. The Libyan antiquities...
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Gaining insight through a grain of rice
The Dravidian Languages
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Gaining insight through a grain of rice
The Dravidian Languages
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Cue the praying hands and ill-informed bow
Well-intentioned ignorance characterises British attitudes to foreign students, says Ayako Yoshino. About two years ago, while researching my PhD, I spent a few days at a provincial library. Every...
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Spin out company founder says thank you to EU and ESA
Brussels, 18 July 2002 At the launch of a new space incubator network, ESINET, in Brussels on 17 July, Tony Anson from Brunel University in the UK outlined how funding from the EU, the European space...
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Emission to kill
The hole in the ozone over Antarctica surprised a world that thought it was polluting only its cities. Paul Crutzen asks what other shocks lie in store. From an evolutionary point of view, Homo...
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Why an ideology received its marching orders...
'Fascist!' may survive as a term of abuse, but current neo-Nazi and clerical thuggery cannot disguise the fact that fascism is dead, says Michael Mann. In the early 20th century, fascism dominated...
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Writing reaps reward
The Transformation of Islamic Art during the Sunni Revival
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MM 2001: Human Rights - People
UN expert charged with investigating torture Governments do not look forward to getting a letter signed by Sir Nigel Rodley , professor of law at Essex University's Human Rights Centre. For he is the...
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R&D is key to mastery of nanotechnologies
Brussels, 09 Mar 2004 Nanosciences and nanotechnologies are crucial to the establishment of a knowledge-based EU society and economy. New research structures, new skills and new attitudes are vital...
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R&D is key to mastery of nanotechnologies
Brussels, 09 Mar 2004 Nanosciences and nanotechnologies are crucial to the establishment of a knowledge-based EU society and economy. New research structures, new skills and new attitudes are vital...
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Global wetlands surveyed from space
Paris, 25 Nov 2003 Dotted across varied regions of our planet are the waterlogged landscapes known as wetlands. Often inaccessible, these muddy areas are actually treasure houses of ecological...
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Global wetlands surveyed from space
Paris, 25 Nov 2003 Dotted across varied regions of our planet are the waterlogged landscapes known as wetlands. Often inaccessible, these muddy areas are actually treasure houses of ecological...
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Research Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: The Future of EU Research - chances for the new Member States The Polish Lisbon Strategy Forum
Warsaw, 4 February 2005 The Polish Lisbon Strategy Forum Warsaw, 4 February 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, I could not have addressed the issue of European Competitiveness and the future of R&D...