Brussels, 09 Jan 2006 The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 as the UN International Year of Planet Earth, the biggest ever international effort to promote the Earth sciences. The aims...
Brussels, 09 Jan 2006 US President George Bush has told a summit of university presidents that he understands their frustration concerning tough visa controls on foreign students due to national...
Brussels, 09 Jan 2006 The Austrian Academy of Sciences and Academia Europaea will jointly host a workshop entitled 'European science: a modern interpretation of basic and applied research' in Vienna...
Brussels, 09 Jan 2006 AMENDMENTS 21- Draft opinion Satu Hassi (PE 360.069v01-00) Proposal for a Council decision concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (...
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Lecturers attend talks but strike still looms Lecturers' unions today meet their university employers for a crunch meeting on pay - but they have already given notice of a strike ballot before...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 The news: The fifth edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) will assess the key dimensions of innovation: knowledge, creation, entrepreneurship, applications, and...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 Researchers in Finland have found that patients with periodontitis (severe bacterial gum infection) do not benefit from antibiotic treatment for heart attacks. This is the first...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 LIFT, a conference exploring the applications of new technologies, will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 2 and 3. The goal of the conference is to bring together...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 The Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, UK, has devised a method which is hoped will reduce methane emissions in cows and other animals. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas...
Brussels, 06 Jan 2006 Researchers from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in Paris (IRD) have identified a carrier for the Ebola (haemorrhagic fever) virus - bats. The...
Applications to university will fall as fees rise, minister admits University applications are likely to fall for the first time in eight years after the introduction of increased tuition fees, the...
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