SOS: giant parasol needed
From mirrors1,000km across to supersize kitchen utensils that fling salt spray into the air, Fred Pearce provides an overview of engineering solutions to cooling off the planet as global warming...
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The thought police are among us 1
Does academic freedom include the right to offend? Stephen Balch argues that liberalism blocks free expression on campus, while Frank Furedi insists that if we don't challenge ideas that offend us,...
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They're not your average readers
In the Booker Prize's early days, it was suggested that 'the odd film star' join the panel. Today's judges are far more highbrow, Sharon Norris discovers The Man Booker Prize ceremony takes place...
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Who says the 1950s were peaceful and rather dull?
Peter Hennessy's latest volume in his history of Britain was a little late, but, he tells Huw Richards, he wished to capture not only the politics but also the smell of coal smoke. Historians were...
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Research notes
Marian Holness, 42, reader in petrogenesis, Cambridge University Educational background: Comprehensive school and sixth-form college. BA and PhD, Cambridge University. Research area: I am interested...
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Want to be a high-flyer? It'll cost you
Business $43,380 Medicine $31,779 Law $31,765 US universities increasingly apply variable fees to those subjects that lead to mega-bucks earning potential, says Stephen Phillips, and the same may...
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The thought police are among us 2
These days, academic freedom is rarely the target of an overt direct assault. Occasionally, politicians remind universities to "watch it", but most of the time there is little external pressure to...
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Amendments 51-64 for the Draft Report by Erna Hennicot-Schoepges on the Proposed Council Regulation on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic manag
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 AMENDMENTS 51-64 Draft report Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (PE 374.009v01-00) Proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new...
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Facilities and Financial Support for COST Activities at National Level (extract)
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 Full text of Document 290/06 Suite of documents 290/06 At the 164th meeting of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), the Secretariat was invited to collect information...
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Report on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 (link)
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 FINAL A6-0290/2006 19.9.2006 REPORT on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 Full text [...] EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Introduction It is the...
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European researchers revolutionise anodized aluminum tools
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU-funded project Alamo has made remarkable achievements in the field of anodised aluminium used in industrial tooling by improving the technical specifications of treated...
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MEPs call for more emphasis on Charter for Researchers in FP7
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted consultation reports on specific programmes under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) on 3...
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Effective science teaching starts with the teacher trainers, says study
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 In a new study looking at educational policies for school science teaching across 30 European countries, EURYDICE - the information network on education in Europe - has called...
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Expectation of food excites brain's hunger centres
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 A new study has revealed that even the expectation of food sparks the brain's hunger centres. The research, which is partly funded by the EU, is published in the October edition...
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EGEE becomes world largest scientific grid
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU funded 'enabling Grids for e-science' (EGEE) project is processing more than 30,000 computing jobs a day - over a million a month - making it the world's largest...