Brussels, 04 Nov 2005 The Commission has provided details of the retained project proposals following the fourth Information Society Technologies (IST) call of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6),...
Brussels, 04 Nov 2005 A lecture on 'Climate in the 21st century: how severely will it change?' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 November. Organised by the European Parliament's Scientific...
Psychiatrist faces plagiarism charge Britain's most ubiquitous psychiatrist was yesterday at the centre of a plagiarism row after it emerged that substantial portions of an article he had written for...
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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a mathematician with a theory of consciousness: "There was a great gathering in the Grand...
Medics 'livid' over research cash failure Scientists have reacted with anger after it was revealed that the Government's medical research body last year failed to spend 10 per cent of its budget...
A London university has taken drastic - some would say draconian - steps to stop academics booking rooms and then failing to use them. In an attempt to ensure that staff use space efficiently, City...
Academics and MPs reacted with anger this week to news that research councils had accidentally underspent by millions of pounds, while top-rated research proposals are being turned away. The Medical...
You need neither muscles nor testosterone to work a computer, said Jackie Edwards, the winner of the inaugural Aurora Woman of Technology award. Ms Edwards, who also won the Best Woman in Technology...