'You don't give up your brain for a pension'
Margaret Alexander should be retired. Instead, Olga Wojtas hears, she set up a project to promote grey power The director of Queen Margaret University College's Centre for the Older Person's Agenda...
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Reality TV takes its finals bow
It's exam time, but not as we know it. Ted Prince has a killer idea that could catch on Publicity, like love, is a many splendoured thing. It comes in many different guises. At the University of the...
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When it's cigar and slippers time
In the second of our series on democracy around the world, Huw Richards explores the political portents for a post-Castro Cuba Well-informed Miami sources announced the imminent fall of Fidel Castro...
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A welcome collision of continents
Merging two London institutes to form a centre for the study of the Americas will allow scholars to explore novel comparisons and connections across a hemisphere, says Huw Richards Little is more...
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Cambridge calls for improved A levels Cambridge University challenged the government yesterday to reform the "unreliable" A-level system in an attempt to ensure a fairer admissions process for...
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GALILEO: launch of €67 million call for research, development and demonstration activities
Brussels, 2nd June 2004 Yesterday, the GALILEO Joint Undertaking launched the second call for proposals for research activities dedicated to GALILEO, with an overall budget of €67 million. The aim is...
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European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research  COST  Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 Bergen, Norway, - 28 May 2004 At the invitation of the Norwegian government, the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) held its 159th meeting in Bergen on -28 May 2004. The...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: La recherche : une priorité pour l’avenir de l’Europe Conférence « Priorité à la science »
Lisbonne, 31 mai 2004 Monsieur le Président de la République, Mesdames et Messieurs, C’est un grand plaisir et un honneur pour moi d’être parmi vous aujourd’hui. Le titre même de cette conférence «...
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France says yes to new GM crop trials
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 The French government has announced its decision to allow new field trials of genetically modified (GM) sweetcorn in eight test sites across the country. The Minister for...
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Researchers use GM virus to target cancer cells
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 Scientists have used a genetically modified (GM) virus to target cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells uninfected, potentially opening the way for highly selective viral...
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EIB loan to boost industrial R&D in Finland
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to support research and development (R&D) in Finnish industrial technology with a loan of 135 million euro. The loan will be...
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Comet-chaser captures its first images
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft, currently three months into its ten-year, 7 billion kilometre pursuit of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has successfully completed its first scientific mission by taking...
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FP6 financial management - understanding the principles
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 An information day on understanding the principles of financial management in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 July. The event...
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Evaluation research in the private and public sector
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 The Cambridge MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Institute is organising a conference on 'Evaluating research and science based activities in the public and private...
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Science of Complex Networks - from Biology to the Internet, 29 August - 2 September 2004, Aveiro, Portugal
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 In recent years, great advances have been made in the study of complex networks. Today, there is a remarkable interaction between physics and biology. This conference will...