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Agreement with the USA - Cooperation in the field of higher education -- other items approved (Extract from Press Release on Competitiveness Council of 29 May)
Brussels, 29 May 2006 The Council adopted a decision approving the signature of an agreement between the EU and the USA renewing the cooperation programme in the field of higher education and...
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European Defence Agency Publishes Figures on Defence Research & Technology Spend for EU Member States (link)
Brussels, 29 May 2006 The European Defence Agency now has accurate data available on what its 24 participating Member States (all EU Member States except Denmark) spend on Defence Research and...
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EU network develops long-term framework for biodiversity research
Brussels, 29 May 2006 ALTER-Net, an EU-funded network of excellence (NoE), has established an inter-disciplinary research facility to investigate the complex relationship between ecosystems,...
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Blow to Biodiversity as Migratory Bird Populations Decline Dramatically but Mysteriously
Brussels, 29 May 2006 A new report by the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Dutch BirdLife International organisation reveals a severe decline in European bird...
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Conference on international research collaboration -- Paris, 18-20 June
Brussels, 29 May 2006 The European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) will host a conference on international research collaboration, from 18 to 20 June in Paris, France. The...
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Ariane 5 ECA: record payload into geo-transfer orbit
Paris, 29 May 2006 On the evening of May, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary...
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Today's news
Lecturers back boycott of Israeli academics Britain's largest lecturers' union yesterday voted in favour of a boycott of Israeli lecturers and academic institutions who do not publicly dissociate...
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Commission invites feedback on socio-economic sciences and humanities in FP7
Brussels, 26 May 2006 The European Commission has launched a consultation on the draft research agenda for the theme 'socio-economic sciences and the humanities' in the Seventh Framework Programme (...
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Irish government launches biotech research programme
Brussels, 26 May 2006 The Irish government has announced the creation of a two million euro research programme for the biotechnology industry. This BioIndustry-Led Research Programme aims to address...
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Discovery that RNA can Cause Inheritance of Traits in the Absence of DNA Inheritance Re-Writes Genetic Inheritance Laws
Brussels, 26 May 2006 French researchers have discovered that RNA, cousin of the more familiar DNA, has a role in the transfer of genetic information, completely changing the way in which we think...
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Source for HIV pinpointed in a population of chimpanzees in Cameroon
Brussels, 26 May 2006 A trans-national group of researchers have pinpointed the source for the HIV virus that causes AIDS, in a population of chimpanzees in Cameroon. The find is likely to accelerate...
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Provisional Agenda for: 2731st Meeting of the Council of the European Union "Competitiveness" (Internal Market, Industry and Research) Date: Monday 29 (9:30) and Tuesday 30 (10:00) May 2006 (link)
Brussels, 26 May 2006 Full text of Document 9513/06 Suite of documents 9513/06 MONDAY 29 MAY 2006 (9:30) 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 9685/06 PTS A 26 3. Better...
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The long look backwards to find a story of ourselves
Civilization
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Behind the scenes on screen, who has the vision thing?
The Producers