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New roborat moves at click of a mouse Scientists have turned living rats into remote-controlled, pleasure-driven robots that can be guided up ladders through ruins and into minefields at the click of...
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Adoption by COST officials of research projects, report of meeting on 7-8 March
Brussels, 1 May 2002 147th meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee held in Brussels on 7/8 March 2002. Summary of conclusions.European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical...
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Medical schools braced for jobs cull London medical schools are set to axe jobs despite government plans for the biggest single expansion in student doctors in a generation. Guy’s, King’s and St...
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Accusations fly in MP's report on ILA fiasco MPs are disturbed by the "serious failings" of government officials in setting up and running the ill-fated Individual Learning Account scheme that...
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Frankenstein was an eccentric Scot The inspiration for Frankenstein – portrayed by Mary Shelley as a southern German and by film-makers as a mad scientist – was an eccentric Scottish doctor living in...
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Prodi commends universities for teaching management studies
Brussels, 30 April 2002 Commission President Romano Prodi has endorsed the teaching of business subjects in Europe's top universities in a speech at the UK's Oxford University. Mr Prodi spoke, at the...
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OECD Report Shows Stronger Interaction Between Industry and Science are Key to Innovation and Economic Growth
Paris, 30 April 2002 An OECD report demonstrates that stronger interactions between science and industry underpin growth in a knowledge economy. Drawing on a broad range of quantitative and...
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Seven EU-Switzerland agreements on free movement, transport, trade and scientific cooperation published and in force on 1 June 2002 (links)
Brussels, 30 April 2002 Decision of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with...
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Cleaner water: EU Research means better industrial water management
Brussels, 30 April 2002 At a media briefing at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, on 2 May the Commission will report on three successful EU initiatives which have improved the management of...
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High level forum on innovation and provision of medicines
Brussels, 30 April 2002 A framework for action to enhance pharmaceutical industry competitiveness in line with public health and social goals will be presented and debated at a press conference and...
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Prominent scientist calls for greater scientific focus on southern Europe
Brussels, 30 April 2002 Santiago Grisolia, a biochemist and winner of the Prince of Asturias prize for scientific and technical research, has called for more European emphasis on scientific...
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Women's fertility in decline by late 20s Women begin to lose their fertility in their late 20s and not in their 30s, scientists have discovered. A study published today by the National Institute of...
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Friendly fights - links between aggression and reconciliation
Brussels, 29 April 2002 Perhaps there is more to Tolstoy's War & Peace than meets the eye. Russian researchers believe aggression and reconciliation could be two sides of the same coin....
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UK experience shows how to link science to business
Brussels, 29 April 2002 The UK is more efficient than the USA at converting university research into commercial success, according to a new analysis by Dr Ederyn Williams, Director of Warwick...
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Action must be taken to reduce the 'digital divide,' say ministers
Brussels, 29 April 2002 Government, the private sector and civil society must cooperate in the development and implementation of e-strategies in order to reduce the threat of a 'digital divide'...