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Universities hit by boom in bogus degrees online The reputation of British universities abroad is being damaged by companies peddling bogus degrees, the Government’s quality watchdog has claimed. The...
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Fresh doubt cast on Korean scientist's stem cell breakthrough South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk's groundbreaking stem cell research was cast into fresh doubt today as a former collaborator said he...
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Partial general approach to FP7 for research, technological development and demonstration activities, and for nuclear research (link)
Brussels, 20 December 2005 Full text of Document 14601/05 Suite of documents 14601/05 No. Cion prop.: 8087/05 RECH 80 ATO 45 COMPET 68 CODEC 266 Subject: Draft Decision of the European Parliament and...
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European Commission supports new developments in biotechnology
Brussels, 20 December 2005 The European Commission today presents “100 Technology offers stemming from EU Biotechnology RTD results”, a catalogue of biotechnology developments...
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Commission pursues legal action against Germany and France over biotechnology legislation
Brussels, 20 December 2005 The European Commission has sent final written warnings to Germany and France for failure to comply with judgements by the European Court of Justice from 2004. Despite the...
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UK government publishes report on the risks of nanoparticles
Brussels, 20 Dec 2005 The UK's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a report on research priorities relating to the possible risks posed by nanotechnology The...
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Beagle 2 Remains Believed Found in an Old Martian Crater
Brussels, 20 Dec 2005 The Beagle 2 probe, part of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission, was designed to search for signs of life on the surface of the Red Planet. However, ever since it...
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Commission publishes call for Descartes Prize nominations
Brussels, 20 Dec 2005 The European Commission has published a call for proposals to gather nominations for the 2006 René Descartes Prizes, under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'Science...
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Web tools for EU research projects, UK
Brussels, 20 Dec 2005 A workshop on web tools for EU research projects will take place in Cambridge, UK, on 7 February 2006. Organised by Single Image Ltd., this one day workshop is aimed at training...
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MSG-2 will advance long-term monitoring of Earth's energy balance
Paris, 20 Dec 2005 This week's launch of MSG-2 will ensure that satellite images continue to be available to European weather forecasters well into the next decade. It also marks a new chapter in a...
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Sahara's edge studied from ground, air and space to improve water management
Paris, 20 Dec 2005 An international team worked on the verge of the Sahara to gather data on the ground and in the air, to be compared with imagery of the same region acquired by ESA satellites. The...
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NASA's First Pluto Mission set to leave in January, plans to bounce off Jupiter's gravity in 2007 and reach Pluto in 2015
Washington, 20 Dec 2005 NASA Press release, December 19, 2005 Release 05-550 NASA is preparing to launch the first spacecraft to distant Pluto and its moon Charon. The January 2006 launch of New...
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Today's news
Universities 'failing' on staff-student policies Half of universities are failing to publish policies on staff-student relationships and could be leaving their employees and students vulnerable to...
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Calls for proposals: Understanding fathering – masculinity, diversity and change
Deadline: 06/03/2006
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EESC Opinion: 7th R&D Framework Programme (link)
Brussels, 14 December 2005 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the seventh framework...