Hyvolution could generate backyard hydrogen
Brussels, 21 Mar 2006 Hydrogen is one energy source that could solve a number of environmental problems. As a fuel it can be burnt, and has only water as a by-product. However, finding cheap sources...
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European supercomputing grid infrastructure
Brussels, 21 Mar 2006 The DEISA (Distributed European Infrastructure for supercomputing applications) consortium will hold a symposium entitled 'European supercomputing grid infrastructure' in...
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Strategies for Earth Observation: 18th CEOS-SIT meeting at ESRIN
Paris, 21 Mar 2006 On 21 and 22 March, the Strategic Implementation Team (SIT) of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) will be holding its 18th meeting at ESA's ESRIN in Frascati....
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UK-Latin America and the Caribbean Link Programme
Deadline: 15/05/2006
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2006 Call for New EUROCORES themes
Deadline: 01/06/2006
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University towns 'pay higher council tax' Residents in university towns are paying millions of pounds in extra council tax because of a loophole in the way the Government assesses students, a...
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Call for Research Projects - Designing for the 21st Century
Deadline: 06/04/2006
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Governments adopt international rules on trade in GMOs
Brussels, 20 March 2006 The Third meeting of the 132 Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP3) was concluded on 17 March in Curitiba, Brazil. It adopted a landmark decision on detailed...
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Research Use of Patented Knowledge: A Review by the OECD STI Directorate (link)
Paris, 20 Mar 2006 ABSTRACT This Working Paper reviews issues related to research access to patented inventions, with a particular focus on the role of research exemptions (or experimental use...
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Business clusters boost regional innovation
Brussels, 20 Mar 2006 http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/energy/nn/nn_rt/nn_rt_bm/article_4012_en.htm On the final day of the European Business Summit (EBS), the Commission's DG for Enterprise and...
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Butterfly decline demonstrates parallel decline in natural habitat and biodiversity
Brussels, 20 Mar 2006 Butterfly populations are in sharp decline throughout Europe. The authors of a new study, published in the Journal of Insect Conservation, believe the reason for this loss to be...
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Satellite flood mapping service strengthens eastern France civil protection
Paris, 20 Mar 2006 A satellite-based rapid mapping service developed to support civil defence activities in eastern France is ready and on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The pioneering...
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Satellite multicasting improves educational information delivery
Paris, 20 Mar 2006 A project supported by the European Space Agency has combined satellite multicasting techniques and improved content management to enhance information delivery for education. The...
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Through a satellite darkly: night views of European seas improve ESA ocean heat map
Paris, 20 Mar 2006 The Mediterranean looks better in the dark - at least in the view of an ESA-led effort to use satellites to take the daily temperature of Europe's seas. A switch to data acquired...
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Commission Agenda Entry: Tuesday, 28 March: Encouraging more research into the prevention of blindness
Brussels, 20 Mar 2006 The News: With the projected increase in world population and an increase in life expectancy, the number of blind people in the world is likely to rise to more than 75 million...