Jubilant Aberdeen exceeds fundraising target
Aberdeen University will reveal next week that it has exceeded the first target in its ambitious £150 million fundraising campaign, the largest ever attempted by any UK higher education institution...
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Researchers get the lowdown on wooing FP6 cash
The government is intent on raising the proportion of European funding flowing into British laboratories with an initiative spearheaded by a special conference. More than 400 UK scientists questioned...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
I must have bought Gravitation by Charles Misner, Kip Thorne and John Wheeler shortly after it first appeared in 1970, and have been reading it - with diminishing understanding - ever since. It is a...
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No stone left unturned
Archaeologist and passionate yachtsman Brian Fagan has circumnavigated his discipline, producing some 25 books. The world's most prolific living writer of archaeology books, including seven textbooks...
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GMO food and feed: agreement on new rules for labelling and authorisation
Copenhagen, 28 Nov 2002 After long and difficult negotiations EUs food- and agriculture ministers have reached a political agreement on the proposal for a regulation on GMO food and feed. President...
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Concern over German funding freeze for research institutes
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 'In a discipline as dynamic as informatics, Germany cannot afford to tread more slowly, the competitor is not sleeping. We have to gather together all of our strength now. After...
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ESA project could deliver speed of light Internet connection
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 The European Space Agency (ESA) is assessing the possibility of developing a new technology that could lead to Internet connection speeds 1000 times faster than today's...
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International symposium on paper recycling
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 The challenge and the opportunity that the use of recovered paper as a raw material offers is the subject of an international symposium on 'New technological developments in...
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Research boost as World Wide Web consortium moves its European headquarters to ERCIM
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced organisational changes aimed at strengthening European research relationships in the field of web technology. The W3C is moving...
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Second ERA-Wood workshop, Vienna
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 The European research area Wood initiative (ERA-Wood) is holding a second workshop in Vienna focussed on the preparation of an integrated project under the Sixth Framework...
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'Ariane 10 tonnes': added lift capability for Europe
Paris, 28 Nov 2002 To meet market demand, Europe is about to launch, on 28 November, the latest version of Ariane 5, capable of placing up to 10 tonnes of payload in geostationary transfer orbit....
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No shortage of mysteries on Venus
Paris, 28 Nov 2002 What kind of mysteries and scientific intrigue await the European Space Agency's Venus Express once it has left Earth for its nearest planetary neighbour in 2005? A closer...
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MEPs urge Member States to invest more in research
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin received overwhelming backing on Tuesday from the Committee on Industry and Research for his strong plea that governments should live up...
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General Report from the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO
Geneva, 28 Nov 2002 Full text TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ITEMS OF THE CONSOLIDATED AGENDA (see document A/37/1 Prov.3) Item 1: OPENING OF THE SESSIONS Item 2: ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Item 3:...
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Initial report on the technical study on disclosure requirements related to genetic resources and traditional knowledge
Geneva, 28 Nov 2002 Document prepared by the Secretariat Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore Full text [...] II....