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Ministers reject science committee report The government today rejected several key recommendations made by MPs on how to prevent science department closures and encourage more students to enter the...
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European Security Research Advisory Board set up (OJ link)
Brussels, 22 July 2005 Commission decision of 22 April 2005 establishing the European Security Research Advisory Board (OJ L191/70 22.7.2005). Full text (1) In 2003, the Commission set up a Group of...
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Testing human brain cells in non-human primates: the debate
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 A group of scientists and ethicists has sounded a note of caution concerning experiments involving the placing of brain stem cells from humans in big apes and monkeys,...
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Embryonic stem cell public research starts in Spain; therapeutic cloning expected to follow suit
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 Barcelona's Research Regenerative Medicine Centre (CIMRB) has started to unfreeze the first embryos from a bank that will provide the cells necessary to generate embryonic stem...
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Descartes nominees shortlisted for €1.15 million in prize money
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 The shortlist for this year's edition of the EU's prestigious scientific award, the Descartes Prize, has been announced. With collaborative projects investigating a range of...
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EuroNanoForum 2005: European nanotechnology research shapes the future of healthcare -- Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-7 September
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 Nanotechnology and the health of the European Citizen in 2020 Special media programme on new developments in European nanotechnology research and the future of healthcare on the...
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Commission begins review of water management projects
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 A distinguished panel of international experts has begun a major review of completed EU research projects addressing integrated water resources management (IWRM). The review is...
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Information event on FP7, Stuttgart
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 The Ministries of Economic Affairs and Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg and the Seinbeis-Europa-Zentrum are organising an information day on the EU's...
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OECD Workshop on Policy Challenges from the Use of Pharmacogenomics -- Rome, 17-19 October (link)
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JRC: knowledge assessment methodologies (KAM) Fall School, Italy
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 Organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (knowledge assessment methodologies sector), the KAM Fall School will take place in Ispra, Italy, from 7 to 11...
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UK technology sector well positioned for future, argues Deloitte report
Brussels, 22 Jul 2005 The UK technology sector is extremely well positioned to exploit future opportunities and capture a significant share in certain potential global markets, according to a...
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Student satellite makes use of facilities at ESA ESTEC
Paris, 22 Jul 2005 The SSETI Express educational space mission received vital assistance with spacecraft integration and testing at ESA ESTEC. The student project to design, build and launch a...
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New Type of Sensor Gives a Fresh Look at Global Vegetation Growth
Paris, 22 Jul 2005 After an interval of six weeks 60 scientists from ten countries returned to the parched heart of Spain to complete testing a new type of sensor intended to yield new insights into...
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Islamic scholars urge unity to fight terror A conference of Islamic scholars from around the world yesterday denounced the recent terrorist attacks on London as "barbaric and inhuman", and called on...