Experts issue appeal for FP7 stem cell funding
Brussels, 01 Feb 2006 The intergroup on bioethics met for a symposium in the European Parliament in Brussels on 31 January, with appeals for stem cell research to be included in the Seventh Framework...
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Oxford dons plan formal protest over reforming outsider Dons at Oxford University are contemplating an unprecedented vote of no confidence in the Vice-Chancellor in protest at his management style....
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Mediterranean diet 'reduces birth defects' The Mediterranean diet has already been credited with increasing life expectancy levels in southern Europe. Now research has revealed that it may also...
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Recommendation on quality assurance in higher education: General Affairs Council, 30 January (link)
Brussels, 31 January 2006 General Affairs - provisional version 05th Council Meeting - General Affairs and External Relations Brussels, 30 January 2006 The Council adopted, accepting all amendments...
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Elementary, my dear Einstein
Brussels, 31 Jan 2006 A consortium of researchers from Switzerland, the US and Russia has succeeded in proving the existence of two new artificial elements at the famous Russian Nuclear Research...
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Making bones from blood
Brussels, 31 Jan 2006 An international team led by scientists at the University of York has launched an EU funded project aimed at making forms of bone from blood products. The team comprises...
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Call for tenders: textbook on ethics in research
Brussels, 31 Jan 2006 The European Commission's Research DG has published a call for tenders for the provision of a European textbook on ethics in research. The textbook should: - identify major...
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Funding strategy and organisational structures of ERC take shape at Scientific Council meeting
Brussels, 31 Jan 2006 The governing body of the proposed European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council, met on 24 and 25 January in order to discuss its scientific strategy and operating...
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Greenfield to be made Heriot-Watt chancellor Lady Greenfield, the first woman to become director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, is to be installed as the new chancellor of Heriot-Watt...
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Expert group says Europe could benefit more from research foundations
Brussels, 30 Jan 2006 Seeing an opportunity to boost research funding without asking more of either governments or industry, the European Commission has funded a study on the potential role of...
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Conference on the role of foundations and private philanthropy in funding research -- Brussels, 27/28 March
Brussels, 30 Jan 2006 The European Commission is organising a conference on the role of foundations and private philanthropy in the field of research, to take place on and 28 March in Brussels,...
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Europe's largest climate change experiment launched in UK
Brussels, 30 Jan 2006 An experiment to assess the potential impact of climate change on the concentration of toxic algae in freshwater systems has been launched in the UK as part of a 20 million euro...
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Students forced to sign 'I'll try harder' contracts Oxford is to become the first university in Britain to protect itself from litigious students by introducing legally-binding contracts requiring...
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