Questions and Answers on Human Tissues and Cells
Brussels, 8 February 2006 Q: What power does the European Commission have to regulate tissues and cells? The Amsterdam Treaty (Article 152) gave the EU the mandate to pass laws on the quality and...
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Antartic krill sink enough carbon dioxide to neutralise 35 million cars
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of Hull have found an unlikely new carbon 'sink' in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic krill, the tiny shrimp-...
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New president pledges to put science back at the top of CNRS agenda
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 The newly appointed president of the French national centre for scientific research (CNRS), Catherine Bréchignac, has pledged to put science back at the top of the...
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Industry moves to prevent accidents at work
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 European industrial accidents cause an injury every eight seconds, and a death every two hours. These alarming statistics were called 'astonishing and unacceptable', by Janez...
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EU project identifies action areas for advancing public sector innovation
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 'Innovation must be a human phenomenon, not an activity restricted to the private sector,' states a report on innovation in the public sector produced by Publin, a project...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 9 February 2006
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 Full text of Document 516/06 1. Specific Programme "Cooperation": ­ second reading of themes 8, 4, 9 & 10 ("Socio-economic", "Nanosciences", "Space", "Security...
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European Consumers Organisation Applauds Commission Defence of GMO Policy
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 A WTO panel has in some respects ruled against the EU and in favour of the US, Canada and Argentina in a complaint relating to genetically modified organisms (GMOs)1. BEUC...
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Today's news
Students 'ill-prepared for university' New university students struggle with the demands put on them because the school examination treadmill leads to expectations of "spoon feeding" rather than...
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Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Deadline: 01/05/2006
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Small Grants Program
Deadline: 01/05/2006
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Science Writing Prize
Deadline: 15/09/2006
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Small Grants
Deadline: 26/05/2006
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BSF/BDNG Research Award
Deadline: 26/05/2006
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Latest research news
Genes of deadly bird flu reveal Chinese origin The H5N1 flu virus has been circulating continuously in poultry in south-eastern China for a decade, scientists have found. A massive genetic analysis...
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Europe’s rules on GMOs and the WTO
Brussels, 7 February 2006 Press coverage: WTO rules EU import ban illegal There is a need for strong regulatory oversight of GM technology There is a general consensus between scientists that GMOs...