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Dons in flap at pole-dancing students Female students at Cambridge have alarmed dons by taking practical lessons in pole dancing. Some of them have already started giving performances in a local...
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Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Progress report on the GALILEO research programme as at the beginning of 2004" (link)
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 Full text: English Deutsch Français [...] 1.2.3. Work and research relating to satellite radionavigation applications Following the research...
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Access to journals rated most important by postdoc researchers
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 A survey by The Scientist has found that access to publications and journals is considered the most important attribute of a university by postdoctorate researchers. The journal...
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Decision on GM maize NK603 to be referred to Council
Brussels, 18 February 2004 Following today's vote in the Regulatory Committee on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, the decision to authorise the import and...
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Use of genetically modified organisms still a sensitive topic in EU
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 On 11 February, the German government passed a bill codifying European Union legislation for the cultivation and export of genetically modified organisms (GMO) into national law...
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Report on the Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials for European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
Skopje, 16/17 February 2004 At the invitation of the government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) held its 158th meeting in Skopje. The meeting...
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Supplementary research programme (Item Approved Without Debate - Extract from: Provisional Version, JHA Council, 19 Feb)
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 The Council adopted a Decision regarding a supplementary research programme on the operation of a high flux reactor (HFR) (5507/04). http://ue.eu.int/pressdata/en/jha/79117. pdf
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, Monday 23 February 2004
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 Full text of Document 487/04 1. Commission communication on Basic research - Draft Council conclusions = doc. 5598/04 RECH 9 (revised Presidency doc. to follow) 2. Commission...
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Hungary: On the verge of a breakthrough in scientific research?
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 The countdown is on. Just over two months away, ten new countries will join the EU's swelling ranks. Hungary might have been a poster child during the enlargement process, but...
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Ability to adapt to life at high altitudes is inherited, claims Swiss-Italian study
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 Tibetans who live at over 3,500 metres above sea level have, at least in part, inherited a system of protection against the effects of lack of oxygen on their muscle tissue,...
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Greek-US reactor turns alcohol into hydrogen
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 Greek and US researchers have developed a reactor capable of producing hydrogen from ethanol. The scientists, from the University of Patras and the University of Minnesota,...
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Forum on advanced microsystems for automotive applications
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 An international forum on advanced microsystems for automotive applications will take place in Berlin, Germany, on 25 and 26 March. Microsystems applications in automobiles have...
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