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  1. Saviours of a far from lost cause

    Save British Science is to launch its own 'green papers' to ensure its activities pay off, says Peter Cotgreave, director of SBS The prime minister has told Save British Science that he looks forward...

  2. Cutting edge

    Consumers are eager to learn about what makes a healthy diet. They could take a look at flavanols' effect on free radicals Public concern about food quality and safety is at an all-time high....

  3. Legal lift for French patents

    Celia Hampton looks at Jospin's liberal reform of public sector innovation Many academics feel uneasy about commercialising their research. In France their reservations are backed up by the law. But...

  4. The thriving drug counter culture

    Entrepreneurs with a science background are taking the biotechnology business by storm, reports Kam Patel More than a quarter of the companies responsible for the European biotechnology industry's "...

  5. The MIT men who make a killing

    Mike Cassidy retired for a year when his telephone/computer software made him millions, but now he is back in business. Julia Hinde reports Send a parcel by Federal Express and you can check its...

  6. Business plan competition

    There have been more than 100 entries to the UK's first business plan competition. Run jointly by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council, the...

  7. It's cheap to talk

    A Pounds 9 million contract to bring telephones to rural Africa has put two British university academics firmly on the map. Rural Radio Systems, a company established five years ago by Southampton...

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  8. Shoppers are fickle about loyalty cards

    Watch out for that seductive plastic chain stores are so keen to hand out. They really do make you spend more, according to research at the University of Stirling. Susan Hart, now at Strathclyde...

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  9. Costume colour

    (Photograph) - A Polish student from Krakow now studying at Loughborough University wears her regional dress for the university's International Day Photograph by Steve Hill

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  10. Academics chair two Foresight panels

    Panel chairs for the second round of Foresight - an exercise to encourage industry, academia and government to identify research needs and market opportunities and threats for the future - were...

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  11. Sources for research funds

    Each week this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council www.epsrc.ac.uk...

  13. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a Whitbread prizewinner who is passionate about fruit: "My name is Jordan." The winner receives a £...

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