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Students face intense competition for fewer places Tens of thousands of students will face a desperate scramble for university places today as increasingly well-qualified school leavers compete for...
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Science-Poor Schools Turn Out Science Dullards, say UK Business Leaders
Brussels, 16 Aug 2006 Too many young people in the UK are turning their backs on science and technology because of faults in the education system, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has...
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Europe rediscovers the Moon as SMART-1 prepares to land
Paris, 16 Aug 2006 Now Europe too can say it has been to the Moon. Watch the Moon up close in the early morning of 3 September (at around 07:40 Central European Summer Time, as currently estimated)...
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'Magic bullet' cancer team wins £2m grant boost Scientists from the universities of St Andrews and Dundee have won a £2 million research grant to develop a drug-delivery system which uses a "magic...
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Graduate debt falls as students find work to support themselves Student debt has fallen for the first time in 13 years as undergraduates increasingly take on part-time jobs to fund their studies, a...
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The future of key actors in the European Research Area - Foresighting Europe Newsletter (extract)
Brussels, 15 Aug 2006 In order to achieve a knowledge-intensive economy, we must rethink societal development and renew the frameworks put forward by the social and economic sciences. By redefining...
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Planck space telescope behaves well in cold vacuum
Paris, 15 Aug 2006 ESA's Planck space telescope was removed last week from the Large Space Simulator (LSS) at ESTEC, ESA's research and technology centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, after a...
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Cost of gaining a degree reaches £33,500 Sixth formers starting university this year expect to pay £33,512 for a three-year degree course, a rise of almost £5,000 on last year's projected figure, a...
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Brussels to host conference on gas turbine technology on 11/12 October
Brussels, 14 Aug 2006 The third international conference on gas turbine (GT) technology will take place 11 and 12 October in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will present future requirements,...
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Digital data – here today, gone tomorrow
Brussels, 14 Aug 2006 The amount of digital data being produced across various disciplines is increasing at an exponential rate, but this information may not be around for future generations because...
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How text messages can betray criminals
Brussels, 14 Aug 2006 Psychologists from the University of Leicester in the UK are embarking on a study to investigate how analysing text messages could help to solve crimes. 'As texting is both a...
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Today's news
CBI in science warning over 'dire' school leavers The "dire" quality of school leavers was putting science-based industries at risk, the CBI said today. The business group spoke out ahead of the...
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Comments of the American BioIndustry Alliance on the WIPO Paper "The Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Revised Objectives and Principles" (extract)
Washington, 11 Aug 2006 Introduction and Summary The American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on document WIPO/GRTK/IC/9/5 ("The Protection of Traditional Knowledge:...
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International symposium on RNAi in vivo technologies -- Munich, 5/6 October
Brussels, 11 Aug 2006 The first international symposium on ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technologies will be held in Munich, Germany, on 5 and 6 October 2006. The conference is intended to...
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Potential applications for European satellite navigation: seminar - Brussels, 12 September
Brussels, 11 August 2006 Seminar on Satellite Navigation Regulated Application Brussels Marriott Hotel, 12th September 2006 Registration Agenda Announcement Practical information The Finnish...