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Students shun new universities Students are turning their backs on new universities in favour of traditional institutions. Many former polytechnics and colleges have suffered a huge dip in...
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New EU project to examine accuracy of DNA profiling methods
Brussels, 02 August 2002 A team of researchers from four Member States are to test the accuracy and efficiency of methods used to provide DNA profiles from physical evidence left behind at a crime...
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Commission and Parliament organise joint cancer research conference
Brussels, 02 August 2002 The European Commission and the European Parliament are working together to organise the conference 'Towards greater coherence in European cancer research', to take place in...
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FP6 eighth priority is too broad, says Parliament report
Brussels, 02 August 2002 A paper written by Aly Siby of the European International University, and published by the European Parliament has questioned the effectiveness of the eighth thematic...
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ALLEA's offer to find FP6 evaluators accepted by Commission
Brussels, 02 August 2002 The European Commission has accepted an offer by ALLEA, the All European academies of sciences and humanities, to act as a mediator in identifying potential evaluators for...
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Magdalena Oldendorff and Almirante Irízar - Envisat's night eye supports icebound ship rescue in Antarctica
Paris, 02 August 2002 A German supply vessel and its crew are stuck in Antarctica until October after severe winds and ice fields 7 metres high forced an Argentinian rescue ship to retreat. A radar...
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Today's news
Gene tests threaten to destroy private health The entire system of private medical and life insurance is likely to be forced to shut down by the middle of the century because of advances in genetics...
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Update: 12:30
Report calls for regional technology transfer The government's £1.25 billion science strategy will fail unless scientific know-how is spread to businesses throughout the UK, a report from the Trades...
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Swiss research funding agency calls for higher government investment in research
Brussels, 01 August 2002 The Swiss funding agency for the support of scientific research (SNF) has published its action plan for 2004 to 2007 in which it proposes a range of new instruments and...
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Winner of French start-up assistance competition announced
Brussels, 01 August 2002 The French Ministry for research and Anvar, the French agency for innovation, have announced the winners of a national competition for support to aid the creation of...
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EMEA/CPMP Guidance document on use of medicinal products for treatment and prophylaxis of biological agents that might be used as weapons of bioterrorism
Brussels, 01 August 2002 Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Anthrax 3. Plague 4. Tularemia 5. Smallpox 6. Viral Haemorrhagic Fever 7. Botulism 8. Brucellosis 9. Q fever 10. Glanders and Melioidosis 11....
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ETSI's Telecom Terms and Definitions Database Goes Live
Sophia Antipolis, France, 01 August 2002 http://webapp.etsi.org/Teddi/ ETSI has just launched web access to all the terms and definitions used in ETSI standards and reports. The portal application,...
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Workshop to discuss the integration of research, innovation and environmental policy
Brussels, 01 August 2002 The EU-STRATA Network on 'Blueprints for an integration of S&T [science and technology] and environmental policy' will host a workshop on 'Instruments for integrating...
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European health forum to discuss public health research under FP6
Brussels, 01 August 2002 The Fifth European health forum, supported by the European Commission's Research DG and Health and Consumer Protection DG, along with other Austrian and international...
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Conference to focus on standardisation for pressure equipment
Brussels, 01 August 2002 The European committee for standardisation will hold an international conference on pressure equipment, supported by the European pressure equipment research council (EPERC)...