My fee? A role in the film please
Ross Davies talks to this year's star turns - academic consultants. "This is the difficulty - this is where we sometimes have to compromise with historical reality," declares Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. "...
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Hardwired to succeed
Evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar knows that size matters - it's why we're humans and not apes. Geoff Watts explains. Robin Dunbar's latest book underwent a transformation at the writing stage....
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Staff at risk in RAE run-up
Universities are moving to transfer weak researchers into teaching-only posts or make them redundant to improve their scores in the next research assessment exercise, it emerged this week. A growing...
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Commission authorises import of canned GM-sweet corn under new strict labelling conditions - consumers can choose
Brussels, 19 May 2004 The European Commission authorised today the placing on the market of sweet corn from genetically modified maize line Bt11. This decision is valid for 10 years and addressed to...
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Préparation du Conseil Agriculture/Pêche de mai 2004
Bruxelles, le 19 mars 2004 Le Conseil Agriculture/Pêche se réunira à Bruxelles le lundi 24 mai (à partir de 11h00) et éventuellement le mardi 25, sous la présidence de M. Dermot Ahern, Ministre des...
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Proposed Community Patent Regulation (Extract from: Results of Competitiveness Council, 17-18 May)
Brussels, 19th May 2004 The Council noted that the necessary unanimity could not be found in support of the Presidency's compromise proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community patent. In these...
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Visas for third countries' researchers (Extract from: Results of Competitiveness Council, 17-18 May)
Brussels, 19th May 2004 The Council welcomed the Commission's proposals in this field, aiming at facilitating entry and movement of researchers from non-EU countries in the EU. The Presidency...
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Future of EU research (Extract from: Results of Competitiveness Council, 17-18 May)
Brussels, 19th May 2004 Commissioner Busquin outlined the main guidelines of the future of EU research, paving the way for the publication of a Commission Communication on this issue at the beginning...
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Towards a New Partnership Between COST and the Commission
Brussels, 19 May 2004 Full text of Document 0/04 Suite of documents 0/04 Delegations will find attached the discussion paper "Towards a New Partnership between COST and the Commission" in view of the...
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Procedure for the Election of the Vice President of the COST Senior Officials Committee (link)
Brussels, 19 May 2004 Full text of Document 269/04 Suite of documents 269/04 Since the Secretariat has received two nominations for the Vice Presidency of the CSO (docs. COST 250/04 and COST 266/04...
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Summary of Conclusions JAF Group Meeting Held in Helsinki on 10 May 2004 (link)
Brussels, 19 May 2004 Full text of Document 280/04 Suite of documents 280/04 [...] Council Register
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Agenda of the 159th Meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee, 27-28 May 2004 (links)
Brussels, 19 May 2004 Full text of Document 1931/04 * * * Agenda Item 5 - Progress Report by the COST Office Full text of Document 8/04 Suite of documents 8/04 * * * Agenda Items 11, 12 and 13 -...
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Integrated project to develop programmable artificial cells
Brussels, 19 May 2004 A consortium of 13 partners from eight European countries is to investigate the implications of pursuing living technology in the 'programmable artificial cell evolution' (PACE...
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First deposit signals that the UK stem cell bank is open for business
Brussels, 19 May 2004 The UK stem cell bank, the only such facility in the world, officially opened on 19 May with the deposit of the first human embryonic stem cell line ever developed in Europe....
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EPO revokes US patent on genetic test in Europe
Brussels, 19 May 2004 The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked the European patent of a US biotechnology company, Myriad Genetics, on a breast and ovarian cancer genetic test. In a statement, the...