March madness 1
Did all revolutions in France start in March (Spring in Paris and revolution is in the air, March 12)? Bastille Day is in June. Given the time gaps - French Revolution 1789, Paris Commune 1871,...
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March madness 2
When Parisian hospital researchers changed the name of the Pasteur Metro station to La Rage , they were in fact referring not to anger, but to rabies - la rage in French. Louis Pasteur developed a...
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Felicitous typo
My criticism of John Parker's attack on "the tired triadic of social theory" was unfortunately mistyped as "the third triadic of social theory (Letters, March 12). However, "third triadic" carries...
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Boring experiment
You reported in last week's Times Higher that some apes "were observed to yawn more after watching a video recording of a yawning chimp" ("It's very evolved of us to ape a yawn", March 12). If you...
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Party animals
So Labour students are being urged to form a body "to criticise the government and party when necessary" (March 12). Students need no encouragement to party at any time. Tony Williams Manchester...
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Today's news
Brown finds extra cash to fund growth Gordon Brown quashed fears that universities would be expanded on the cheap this week by confirming that the government will fully fund rising student numbers...
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Documents from the March 15-19 Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore at WIPO (links)
Geneva, 17 Mar 2004 ADDENDUM TO ACCREDITATION OF CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS Document prepared by the Secretariat TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: DEFENSIVE PROTECTION MEASURES RELATED TO THE INDUSTRIAL...
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EU and Israel reach agreement on GALILEO. Under the auspices of the EU, cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is also taking off
Brussels, 17 March 2004 An agreement has been reached between the European Union and the State of Israel on its participation in the GALILEO programme. This agreement was initialled in Jerusalem on...
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Standards Consultancy Issues Discussion Paper on a Patent Policy for a Standards Setting Organization - Comments by April 15
17 Mar 2004 DRAFT Criteria (in development) for the Evaluation of a patent policy for a Standards Setting Organization This First public DRAFT Dated Monday March 15, 2004 is intended only...
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EU backs giant natural history network
Brussels, 17 Mar 2004 A consortium of Europe's leading natural history institutions has joined forces to form 'Synthesys' which, thanks to EU research funding under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6...
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Investment in research: Europe is making progress, but too slowly
Brussels, 17 March 2004 Commissioner Philippe Busquin today reported the progress made in implementing the action plan of 30 April 2003 to step up public and private spending on research in Europe....
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Commissioner Erkki Liikanen: "Innovation, Productivity and eEurope a recipe for long-term growth", eEurope Seminar, Brussels, 16 March 2004
Brussels, 16 March 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. Introduction At the heart of today's discussions are the concerns in Europe about productivity and innovation. Europe needs to increase...
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Marie Curie Actions - Early Stage Training: new list of proposals available
Brussels, 17 Mar 2004 The list of proposals received before the second deadline (11 February 2004) can now be consulted online. Page link DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en....
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UK public opinion survey reveals nanotechnology's small profile
Brussels, 17 Mar 2004 A public opinion poll published jointly by the UK's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering on 15 March reveals that the vast majority of the British public have no idea...
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GM can help us cope with climate change, claim scientists
Brussels, 17 Mar 2004 Genetic engineering might help reduce the impact of global warming on indigenous species of plants and trees, said scientists at a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) meeting in...