First ever tree genome sequenced
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 For the first time, the genome of a tree has been sequenced. The tree in question is a type of poplar known as the black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa). Sequencing the poplar...
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Come face to face with researchers at European Researchers Night, 22 September 2006
Brussels, 15 September 2006 After the success of 2005, the European Commission is once again supporting events across Europe to celebrate “European Researchers Night”. There will...
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Xena trounced by Eris
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 The chaos surrounding the classification of the planets has had an unforeseen consequence on the naming of the dwarf planet-formerly-known-as-Xena. It will now be known as 'Eris...
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Coreper Agenda Item on the 7th Framework Programme
Helsinki, 15 Sep 2006 2153rd MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) Date: Wednesday 20 (10:15) and Friday 22 (10:15) September 2006 - Proposal for a Decision of the European...
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Statement of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms in response to the request of the European Commission on inadvertent presence of genetically modified rice LLRICE601 -- no imminent
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 Full text [...] Conclusions The available data are not sufficient to allow the safety of LLRICE601 to be assessed in accordance with the EFSA guidance for risk assessment....
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e-science Research Grants and Studentships
Deadline: 02/11/2006
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Today's news
Young 'will lose half of their pay to taxes' Young people will have to hand over almost half their salary to the taxman, according to a report which shows the escalating financial pressures facing...
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Can you manage in a vacuum?
The Titans of Saturn
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who started out as an actress: "When the fire curtain had been lowered and the doors were...
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Forget about quarks, read my wife's blog
Fantastic Realities
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Low on flavour, big on impact
The State of the Universe
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Digging deep to the roots of the power
The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved
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The hunt for memorable proof
Letters to a Young Mathematician
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Answers on the back of a beer mat
Introduction to Circle Packing
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Mightier than the sword
Plato's Republic - Darwin's Origin of Species - Thomas Paine's Rights of Man - The Qur'an - Marx's Das Kapital