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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Research Grants
Deadline: 30/04/2006
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Young Investigator Programme
Deadline: 01/04/2006
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Quality assessment in institutions of higher education - symposium in Pavia, italy, 23-25 March
Brussels, Jan 2006 Academia Europaea will run an international symposium on quality assessment in institutions of higher education in Pavia, Italy, from 23 to 25 March. The conference will deliver an...
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New EU project will expand Europe's biodiversity research area
Brussels, Jan 2006 During the last four years the European Commission has successfully supported the creation of an EU-wide network of national, European and international players engaged in...
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Networked Software and Services Initiative (NESSI) is looking for partners
Brussels, Jan 2006 At a conference in Brussels last week, Jan Bosch, a board member of the Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI) Technology Platform, which proposes to aid...
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One molecule engine inspired by nature
Brussels, Jan 2006 Molecular motor based on redox reactions A single molecule working as the nano scale version of the steam engine: that's the molecular motor developed by a group of UT scientists...
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Between two dances, a droplet gets charged
Brussels, Jan 2006 Let a micro droplet dance, and the electric charge on the droplet can be regulated very accurately. During this 'spontaneous oscillation', the droplet touches an electrode...