There's more to mud than meets the eye
From identifying a dismembered body to investigating Bronze-Age decking, it's all in a day's work for environmental archaeologist Nick Branch. Chris Bunting reports When Nick Branch is on his...
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Maids, exiles, bankers and terrorists break down borders
Steven Vertovec explores the vast, often hidden networks of modern, global diasporas Irish or Italian migrants to the US 150 years ago might have hoped that a letter would reach home weeks after it...
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Comrades stop by for a political bring-and-buy
Is student activism reviving? Ivor Gaber drops in on a UK teach-in It was almost like old Vietnam times: two dozen student activists sitting in a room in London University's School of Oriental and...
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Historian holds US front line in war against war
Is student activism reviving? Stephen Phillips talks to a US campus political veteran. As a US air force bombardier stationed in Britain during the second world war, bestselling radical American...
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Learning curve: It's not only OK, it's great to say 'I think'
Tutors must inculcate in students a confidence that lets them express their views, writes Chris Hopkins First-year English students often ask this apparently stylistic question: "Is it OKif I say 'I...
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Israel requests rapid renegotiation of scientific cooperation agreement
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 Israel has requested that its scientific cooperation agreement with the EU is renewed as soon as possible so as to enable the country to participate in the Sixth Framework...
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New study suggests ecosystem is less susceptible to global change than previously thought
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 Scientists studying the effects that different types of animal species have on plant communities have produced unexpected results, which may suggest that the ecosystem is less...
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Experts to talk about space weather
Paris, 23 Oct 2002 The University of Greifswald and ESA, the European Space Agency, are jointly participating in European Science and Technology Week by organising a "Space Weather Forum" on 4...
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Text of the Council Regulation concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in the implementation of the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Atom
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 11549/02 22 October 2002 LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Subject: Council Regulation concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings,...
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Space technology for Alpine activities
Paris, 23 Oct 2002 22 October 2002 Locating cracks in tunnel walls, monitoring landslides and providing high-insulation clothing are just some examples benefiting from space technology. Many such...
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Research Working Party, agenda - 28 OCTOBER
Copenhagen, 23 Oct 2002 AGENDA RESEARCH WORKING PARTY 1. Biotechnology strategy and action plan - R&D aspects of draft Council conclusions (revised draft to follow) 2. The European Research...
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Assessing market dynamics in the knowledge-based economy - call for tenders
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has published a call for tenders for a study contract concerning the development of analytical tools for assessing market dynamics in the...
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Pollution in European cities: Commissioner Busquin welcomes the success of PEOPLE project's first day
Brussels, 22 October 2002 Today at 20.00 hrs. the first stage of the European Commission-funded PEOPLE (Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe - see also IP/02/1310 ) project will come to an...
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Council-agreed text of proposed regulation on the trans-border movement of GMOs (link)
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 133/02 No. Cion prop. 12691/02 ENV 541 MI 195 WTO 126 ONU 73 AGRI 231 CODEC 1194 6447/02 ENV 106 MI 33 WTO 14 ONU 9 AGRI 45 CODEC 225 ­ COM(2002)...
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New studies will look at future research and educational networking technologies
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 A project consortium funded by the European Commission is to carry out a study (SERENATE) into European research and education networking as targeted by eEurope. The initiative...