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Green light for Scotland's research pooling plans Plans to bring together hundreds of researchers in Scotland in physics and chemistry "super departments" will be backed with £37 million of funding,...
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UK Department of Trade & Industry: Future shape of European scientific research
London, 30 November 2004 The UK today unveiled a blueprint making clear how EU funding for scientific research could help boost business competitiveness, increase Europe's global share of world-class...
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Decisions on national bans on GMOs to be referred to Council
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 A draft decision to lift national bans on certain authorised genetically modified organisms currently in place in five EU Member States will pass on the Council of Ministers....
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Head of Unit makes the case for increased infrastructures funding in FP7
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 In its recent communication on the future of research policy in Europe, the European Commission outlined support for research infrastructures as one of the six pillars of its...
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ICTs could have positive or negative impact on environmental sustainability, says report
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 New research into the potential impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on environmental sustainability has concluded that they could have a positive or a...
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Council gives go-ahead for biomass action plan
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 The EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council welcomed the Commission's intention to draw up a European biomass action plan on 29 November, emphasising that it must...
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Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 A conference on advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy will take place in Washington DC in the US on 10 and 11 January. The event is a joint initiative between several EU...
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International conference on science law ethics
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 An international conference organised under the auspices of UNESCO and entitled 'science law ethics: medical research - human rights: 60 years after the Second World War' will...
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Parliament cancels STOA consultancy call
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 The European Parliament has cancelled its call for tenders for scientific consultancy services for its Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) body. The...
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ESA service makes customised maps available to African aid workers
Paris, 30 Nov 2004 The map is not the territory, runs the famous quote, but maps do represent an unparalleled tool for emergency management. Nobody knows this better than humanitarian organisations...
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Today's news
APU joins flight from chemistry Anglia Polytechnic University yesterday said it was withdrawing chemistry as an undergraduate course and “refocusing” its teaching towards forensic science, the 28th...
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Today's news
Small business links beat US Small businesses in the UK are twice as likely to collaborate with universities as their counterparts in the US, research by Cambridge University and MIT suggests. But US...
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Draft decision on genetically modified maize MON 863 to be referred to Council
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Following today's vote in the Regulatory Committee on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, the draft decision to authorise the import and...
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EFSA response to report of Friends of the Earth Europe regarding risk assessments of the EFSA GMO Panel
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) believes that it fully fulfills its role of providing independent, authoritative advice on issues related to genetically modified...
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Council calls for 'privileged partnership' compromise with Japan over ITER site
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Anxious that the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) project remains as international as possible, the Competitiveness Council has proposed a 'privileged...