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Hope for doomed leukaemia children A new drug could save the lives of many children with leukaemia who have not responded to other treatments. Children who were expected to have only weeks to live...
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English fees add to pressure on Scots Scotland's ministers were last night under increasing pressure to come up with more money for Scottish universities, after a Guardian survey revealed yesterday...
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Testimony on Human Reproductive Technologies, Ethics and the Law, Given to the UK Parliament Committee on Science and Technology on 15 Sep. (link)
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence presented by Rev Dr John I. Fleming, Director, Southern Cross Bioethics Institute and Consultant to the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, Rt Rev...
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Nanotechnology - Draft Council Conclusions (link)
Brussels, 21 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12456/04 Suite of documents 12456/04 N° Prev. doc. 12203/04 RECH 163 Subject: Nanotechnology ­ Draft Council conclusions 1. The Commission...
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Record distance for GM cross-pollination
Brussels, 21 Sep 2004 Pollen from a genetically modified (GM) grass has travelled up to 21 kilometres on the wind before pollinating other grasses, a new study in the US has found. According to the...
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High speed space-tech cooling creates new era in cosmetics
Paris, 21 Sep 2004 Cool your product from 22º C to 2º C in just two minutes with no electricity, simply by 100% natural evaporation, using an advanced simulation technique from Europe's Ariane...
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ESA focuses its 'Cosmic Vision'
Paris, 21 Sep 2004 ESA's 'Cosmic Vision 2015-2025' workshop, held at UNESCO in Paris on 15-16 September 2004, showed that Europe is richer than ever in ideas for what should be done in space science...
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Deadline approaching for consultation on the future of European research
Brussels, 21 Sep 2004 The European Commission has already received over 500 responses to its open consultation on future research policy. With under a month left until the consultation process closes...
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UK information day on the FP6 'research and innovation' priority
Brussels, 21 Sep 2004 An information day will be held at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London, UK, on 4 November to present practical information on the pending call for proposals under...
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Congress to take stock of progress in SPINE project
Brussels, 21 Sep 2004 A congress organised by the SPINE project, a pilot Integrated Project started under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) will take place in London, the UK, on 18 and 19 October....
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Agenda for the First Meeting of the Forum on University-based Research (link)
Brussels, 21 Sep 2004 The "Forum on University-based Research" is a working group created under the initiative of Commissioner Busquin in order to deepen the debate and the discussions that started...
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Colleges to charge top fee rates Two-thirds of universities in England are preparing to charge students the maximum top-up fee of £3,000 for all their courses, according to a survey of vice-...
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Dutch Presidency proposes a rethink of the European ICT agenda
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 A new report commissioned by the Dutch EU Presidency has called for an overhaul of Europe's information and communication technologies (ICT) policy, identifying ten '...
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Draft Agenda of the 23/24 Sept. plenary of the EFSA GMO Panel (link)
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 Full text European Food Safety Authority -- EFSA
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Agenda of the Competitiveness Council of 24 September 2004
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 The following points will be discussed at this session: Economic situation and competitiveness Information from the Presidency Industrial policy and structural change Commission...