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  1. The many shades of violence

    Public perceptions of what causes violence are being challenged by a new study, writes Elizabeth A. Stanko. Can we really know whether crime and violence are decreasing or increasing? The publication...

  2. Nesta goes to the people

    A wide-ranging consultation on the structure and programmes proposed for the new National Endowment forScience, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) will be launchedlater this month.The consultation is...

  3. £25m disease research plan

    The Wellcome Trust is to put upto Pounds 25 million into joint research on infectious diseases carried out by teams with participants drawn from the developed and developing world. Diphtheria,...

  4. Award for work on microscope

    A Heriot-WattUniversity technician has won a Pounds 1,000 innovation award for amicroscope which could monitor the quality of a newgeneration ofsemiconductorsand chips. Lynn Edwards, aged 25,...

  5. EPSRC: keeping science healthy

    'There should be some failure. It means you are learning more,' Richard Brook tells Natasha Loder. As chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the United Kingdom's...

  6. Interdisciplinary research centers

    Although the EPSRC does not have institutes it does have fixed lifespan interdisciplinary research centres. Established under the old Science and Engineering Research Council, they were created to...

  7. Cutting edge

    Amanda Stronza ...reports from Hell, or Infierno in Peru, on the effect of ecotourism on the rain forest, its people and the rich wildlife. I wanted to test some of our assumptions about the impact...

  9. How to get a job in research policy

    If research is getting you down and you believe it could be better organised, maybe a career in research policy is the answer. Guy Rickett, a research council employee on secondment to the House of...

  10. Improvements on the big tube

    A Pounds 175 million synchrotron could put Britain at the forefront of genome research, reports Julia Hinde. The comprehensive spending review brought a smile to the faces of scientists the country...

  11. Sources for research funding

    Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk British Council Hungary http://www.britcoun. org/hungary OMFB...

  12. Triumphant Mason urges NAO rethink

    Stan Mason, sacked a year ago as principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, has urged the National Audit Office to reconsider its report on misconduct at the university after winning his case for...

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  13. Research budget decided

    Agreement has finally been reached on the size of Europe's future research programme with a Fifth Framework budget of Ecu 14.96 billion (Pounds 10.5 billion) agreed at a European conciliation meeting...

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