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Work disparity casts doubts on student degrees The degree classification relied on by graduate recruiters has been thrown into question after it emerged that students at different universities are...
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NASA launches first three-dimensional solar imaging mission
Washington, October 2006 NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories (STEREO) mission, two nearly identical golf-cart-sized spacecraft, launched October 25 from Cape Canaveral in Florida....
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Latest views of V838 Monocerotis light echo from Hubble
Paris, October 2006 Hubble has returned to the intriguing variable star V838 Monocerotis many times since its initial outburst in 2002, to follow the evolution of its light echo. Two new images...
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Seeing Space Station as blazing star
Paris, 26 October 2006 Visibility of the International Space Station (ISS) is currently particularly good in the evening sky. Until November, stargazers all over Europe can observe the ISS as a very...
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NASA posts panorama to celebrate Rover's 1,000th Martian day
Washington, October 2006 NASA's durable Mars Exploration Rover Spirit finished its 1,000th Martian day October 26, continuing a successful mission originally planned for 90 Martian days. Each Martian...
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Parliamentary resolution on amendment of Galileo Joint Undertaking statutes (link)
Brussels, October 2006 P6_TA-PROV(2006)0423 Amendment of the Statutes of the Galileo Joint Undertaking * ( A6-0348/2006 - Rapporteur: Giles Chichester) European Parliament legislative resolution on...
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Receivers are key to Galileo's success
Paris, 26 October 2006 Europe's navigation system requires new receiver designs to make use of the transmissions from its satellite constellation. European industry is developing and supplying...
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Pollinators key to one third of global crop production
Brussels, October 2006 One third of global crop production comes from crops that depend on pollinators such as bees, birds and bats, according to new research. The pollination of food crops is widely...
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EuropaBio: Millions of Europeans suffer from rare diseases - why are they not higher on the healthcare agenda?
Madrid, 26 October 2006 Patients' Organisations, Scientists, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries identify 7 potential solutions to the huge unmet need to treat rare diseases during Spanish "...
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EU project starts work on world's largest dyslexia databank
Brussels, October 2006 A new EU-funded project is aiming to create the world's largest databank on dyslexia. Dyslexia is a common learning disorder that affects at least 5% of school children in...
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New website leads way in raising awareness of RFID
Brussels, October 2006 A new website launched by Informationsforum RFID aims to educate German consumers about the possible applications of radio frequency identification (RFID) in everyday life and...
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Finalised text on signature of EU-Korea scientific and technological cooperation agreement
Brussels, October 2006 Full text of Document 13815/06 Suite of documents 13815/06 Brussels, 26 October Subject: COUNCIL DECISION on the signature of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation...
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China not a threat to EU and US research, Potocnik says
Brussels, October 2006 Europe and the US have nothing to fear from globalisation, and can in fact use it to their advantage, EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik told an audience at...
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Patents are key to unlocking Europe's knowledge economy
Brussels, October 2006 The president of the European Patent Office, Alain Pompidou, recently warned that for Europe to achieve its goal of having the most advanced knowledge-based economy by 2010, it...
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Norway signs European Charter for Researchers
Brussels, October 2006 The Research Council of Norway has signed the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. Norway becomes the 14th country to...