Men shopping? A load of billiard balls
Katrina Honeyman reveals how one man managed to lure male shoppers out of the closet and take the embarrassment out of a feminine pursuit - thus setting the stage to make the buying of clothes...
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The transplant of tissues and cells: Background and current situation
Brussels, 06 February 2002 Ministerial Seminar on 鈥淭herapeutic uses of human tissue and cells in the EU鈥 (6-8 February - M谩laga) In 1881, for the first time, a fragment of bone from a human cadaver...
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English Nature calls on Commission to 'think twice' about GM oilseed rape
Brussels, 06 February 2002 A representative of the UK government agency English Nature has called on the European Commission to 'think twice' before authorising the use of genetically modified (GM)...
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EURAB member calls for united research community and a European R&D agency
Brussels, 06 February 2002 Rolf Tarrach, President of the Spanish Council for scientific research and member of the European research advisory board (EURAB), has called for EU academic qualifications...
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Enforcement of BSE controls: Commissioner Byrne answers parliamentary question
Strasbourg, 6 February 2002 Verbatim report for 5 February, Part 2 Byrne, Commission. - Madam President, I am very encouraged by the recommendations in Mr Olsson's report and his support for the...
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OPET events to focus on sustainable energy development
Brussels, 06 February 2002 The Organisation for the promotion of energy technologies (OPET) of Bavaria-Austria will host two seminars on 7 and 8 March as part of World Energy Days 2002. The first...
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More power for Cambridge v-c in proposed reform Cambridge University is to beef up the powers of its vice-chancellor and water down the traditional democratic role of its community of scholars as...
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From today's UK papers
Scandal of cash for drug company papers Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles that they have not written endorsing new medicines - a growing...
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EU experts analyse the regulation of the quality and safety of use of human cells and tissues
Brussels, 05 February 2002 This topic will be discussed by the Ministers of Health of the EU, due to meet in Malaga on Friday. EU experts are to meet, over a period of two days starting tomorrow, in...
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GM foods report calls for improvements to safety assessment method
Brussels, 05 February 2002 A report into the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods, published by the UK's Royal Society on 4 February, has called for improvements to safety assessments before...
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JRC reactor to be shut down following expansion of crack
Brussels, 05 February 2002 The Joint Research Centre's (JRC) high flux reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands will be shut down during the first week of February after a crack in the reactor was...
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Study shows Europeans put off by high price of broadband
Brussels, 05 February 2002 A new study from research firm Gartner G2 shows that consumers in the UK, Germany and France, Europe's three largest Internet markets, are being put off high speed...
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Evans: Census Data Show America is Online - Internet Usage Promising for Economic Vitality
Washington D.C., 05 February 2002 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans today released new Census data showing that more than half of American households and more than half of all Americans are now...
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Motorway association appeals to Commission to listen to sector's research
Brussels, 05 February 2002 Kallistratos Dionelis, Secretary General of ASECAP, the European association of tolled motorways has told CORDIS News that the European Commission needs to listen to the...
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JRC calls for expressions of interest for drug monitoring
Brussels, 05 February 2002 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has called for expressions of interest for contractors interested in monitoring veterinary drug residues. The IRMM,...