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Students not as clever as they used to be More than a third of lecturers consider the academic ability of university students to be worse than it was ten years ago and more than one in four believes...
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EPO Board of Appeals Opinion in "Methods for detection of carcinoma metastases by nucleic acid amplification" - Applicant: F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG, et al - Opponents: Akzo Novel N.V. and Vysis Inc. (l
Munich, 09 Aug 2004 Full text European Patent Office Item source: http://legal.european-patent-office.org/ dg3/biblio/t021091ex1.htm
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EMBL scientists achieve breakthrough in microscope technology
Brussels, 09 Aug 2004 Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have come up with a revolutionary new microscope which, for the first time, allows an observer to study living...
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International trade fair for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, Hamburg
Brussels, 09 Aug 2004 An International trade fair for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies will be held in Hamburg, Germany from 15 to 17 September. This conference is Europe's biggest marketplace for...
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EU invests in plant food
Brussels, 09 Aug 2004 With food security and health at the top of the EU agenda, the Commission is funding the establishment of a pan-European network of institutions dealing with safety and health...
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UK sets up stammer library
Brussels, 09 Aug 2004 A team of UK scientists has set up a unique internet-based voice library of stammering. It is hoped the collection of almost 150 recordings made over ten years will boost...
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CPMR calls for increased regional dimension to future EU research strategy
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 The conference of peripheral maritime regions (CPMR), an association representing geographically remote areas of Europe, has expressed its surprise at the 'unambitious' regional...
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Report highlights contribution of Fifth Framework Programme to ageing research
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 'European research on ageing has been given a considerable boost. However, the coverage of ageing research themes is only partial and what there is, is somewhat fragmented,'...
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Ucas dismisses cash crisis claims The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has dismissed claims that it is facing a financial crisis over a £7 million lawsuit launched by a former commercial...
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UK trains doctors to become genetic experts
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 As part of a 50 million GBP (75 million euro) package of investment launched last year to ensure the NHS [National Health Service] gets the full benefit of advances in genetics...
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Europe-wide survey points to advantages of postponing birth of premature babies
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 A pan-European survey, published on 6 August in the Lancet Medical Journal, has found that postponing the birth of a premature baby by just a few days is better for the infant's...
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Symposium addresses nanotechnology and patenting
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 An international symposium on nanotechnology and patenting will take place at the European Patent Office in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 9 and 10 November. The symposium...
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IRC information and brokerage events at Systems 2004
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 Members of the Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) network will offer a series of information and brokerage events during the Systems 2004 trade fair being held in Munich, Germany,...
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Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
Paris, 06 Aug 2004 Originally developed to pinpoint attacking aircraft during World War Two, today's advanced radar technology can detect a very different moving target: shifts of the Earth's crust...
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ENVISAT Symposium 2004 - Results of on-going research project activities; reviewing and assessing the development of applications and services, open to all interested parties, Salzburg, Austria, 6-10
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 INTRODUCTION The 2004 ENVISAT & ERS Symposium follows the previous successful Symposia in Gothenburg (2000), Florence (1997), Hamburg (1993) and Cannes (1992). ESA would...