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Allergies linked to Parkinson's disease Millions of people who suffer from chronic allergies to pets, dust and spores are up to three times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease later in life,...
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Globalisation is good for the environment, according to an EU study
Brussels, 07 Aug 2006 An EU-funded project has found convergence in environmental policies across Europe, deducing that international cooperation, trans-national communication and competition are...
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Amendments 1-50 for the Draft Opinion by Jonas Sjöstedt on Biotechnology: prospects and challenges for agriculture in Europe (2006/2059(INI)) (link)
Brussels, 08 Aug 2006 AMENDMENTS 1-50 Draft opinion Jonas Sjöstedt Biotechnology: prospects and challenges for agriculture in Europe (2006/2059(INI)) (PE 374.050v01-00) 17.7.2006 Full text European...
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Japan announces lunar base plans as ESA ends Moon orbit mission
Brussels, 08 Aug 2006 As Europe's first spacecraft to orbit the Moon completes its mission, debate over the construction of a lunar base has been reignited by an announcement from Japan that it...
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Brain rewires itself daily, says Swiss Federal Poly Brain-Mind Institute team
Brussels, 08 Aug 2006 New research from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne (EPFL) Brain Mind Institute shows that the brain continually forms new connections following new experiences....
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Daresbury Laboratory to get further £2 million for cutting-edge particle accelerator
London, 8 August 2006 A further £2m for constructing and testing out a prototype particle accelerator facility at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, to be the world's first, will help assure the...
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Today's news
Higher pass rate drops for first time since 2002 Rising pass rates for Scotland's flagship exam suffered a blip this year, according to results released today. Figures show that the proportion of...
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Today's news
Cardiff tops best value list Cardiff University has been declared the best value university in Britain, according to a league table that found the city combined low living costs with the...
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International education comparisons - National Audit Office's compendium of published information on education provision and achievement in ten countries (link)
London, 4 August 2006 International Education Comparisons - A compendium of published information on education provision and achievement in 10 countries (2180 KB) The position of the United Kingdom...
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Too right to redress wrongs
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by a West Indian writer: "One grim winter evening, when it had a kind of unrealness about...
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Beauty in world's oldest literature
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