Battle of the brains
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Current members of the European Union are pitched in battle to attract talented scientists from the ten countries preparing to join the Union, say a team of researchers in their...
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Conference on Increasing Human Resources for Science and Technology in Europe, Brussels, 2 April 2004 - Draft Report Now Available
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Full text DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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New report encourages greater wealth creation from science and technology
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 More than 30 recommendations for increasing the commercial exploitation of science, engineering and technology (SET) results are contained in a draft report published by the UK...
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Franco-German agreement to fuel creation of ERA?
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The widely recognised Franco-German motor was given new impetus on 22 March, this time in the context of the European Research Area (ERA). A cooperation agreement between France...
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French and British researchers close to understanding skin cancer
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 A team of British and French scientists from the Institut Curie in Paris and the London Institute of Cancer Research has found that 90 per cent of malignant melanoma cells...
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Bayer decides against GM crop cultivation in the UK
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The German company Bayer CropScience has scrapped plans to cultivate its genetically modified (GM) forage maize variety Chardon LL in the UK, citing government constraints for...
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New functional genomics centre to open in Germany
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 A research centre dedicated to infectious diseases is set to open at Greifswald University in Northern Germany. The centre for functional genomics, which will open at the end of...
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First call for proposals under the Preparatory Action for European security research
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The European Commission has published the first call for proposals for projects and supporting activities in the scope of the Preparatory Action on 'The enhancement of the...
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International nuclear physics conference
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The 22nd triennial international nuclear physics conference will take place from June to 2 July in Gothenburg, Sweden. The mornings will consist of plenary sessions, while the...
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Prior information of service contract to identify key issues in basic research
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The Commission has given prior information of a future call for tenders to provide a service contract aimed at identifying key issues in basic research. The contract is aimed at...
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AFNeT - NeT2004 workshop, France
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Technological research and development (R&D), innovation and competitiveness in the European Research Area (ERA), organisational methods and tools, are some of the...
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Ministers see off rebels in bill triumph
Rebel Labour MPs failed to halt the government's plans to introduce variable tuition fees this week as the political battle over the higher education bill moved to the House of Lords. Ministers saw...
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Space technologies aid solar-powered global flight bid
Paris, 31 Mar 2004 ESA's Technology Transfer Programme is to supply state-of-the-art technologies to assist adventurer Bertrand Piccard's flight around the world in a single-pilot solar-powered...
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USPTO Announces Training on PatentIn 3.3, its Sequence Authoring Software (link)
Washington D.C., 31 Mar 2004 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will offer free training on its newest release of the sequence authoring software, PatentIn 3.3. The 2004 training...
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Ministers see off rebels in bill triumph Labour rebels failed to muster enough support for an amendment to replace the government's plans for variable tuition fees of up to ?3,000 a year with a fixed...