Outdoor life with a growing legacy
Forestry training has branched out into new ways of seeing the woods and the trees. Jessie Anderson reports From the windows of his cottage in the Cumbrian village of Calthwaite, 63-year-old Jim...
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Workshops Shaping the European Research Area in the field of Information and Communications Technology
Brussels, 11 Jan 2006 Best practice in multi-national programme collaboration (18 Jan. 2006, Cologne) Portals for information dissemination and taxonomies for classification (20-21 Feb. 2006,...
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Cryo EM Microscope Captures First Images of HIV Virus in 3D 'Tomograms'
Brussels, 11 Jan 2006 Although it is the subject of intense research, no clear picture of what the HIV virus actually looks like was available until now. Research led by Professor Stephen Fuller from...
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Einstein was right, at least to four parts in ten million
Brussels, 11 Jan 2006 The most famous equation in all of science, E=mc2, appears to be broadly accurate, more than a century after Einstein published his special theory of relativity in 1905....
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Biotech Crops Continue to Soar in 10 Year of Commercialization, says EuropaBio
Brussels, 11 Jan 2006 The number of hectares planted with biotech crops worldwide increased by 9.0 million hectares (22 million acres) in 2005. This is according to new figures published today by...
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University pay row threatens fee policy Universities are facing a year of pay strikes that could plunge the Government's flagship top-up fees policy into chaos. Academics are demanding at least one...
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Society Awards: Research
Deadline: 01/03/2006
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Latest research news
Scientist faked it all, except cloned dog Snuppy With the exception of a single cloned dog, all the major scientific discoveries claimed by Woo Suk Hwang, once the world's leading stem cell scientist...
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European 'human mind project' will have similar impact to Darwinism, says report
Brussels, 10 Jan 2006 Having sequenced the human genome, and following recent advances in other areas such as neurobiology and cognitive science, the time is ripe for a Europe-wide 'human mind...
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World congress for freedom of scientific research -- Rome, 16-18 February 2006
Brussels, 10 Jan 2006 The first session of the 'World congress for freedom of scientific research' will take place in Rome, Italy, from 16 to 18 February. The meeting, promoted by a renowned group of...
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Sunflowers key to new AIDS drugs
Brussels, 10 Jan 2006 Researchers from the Bonn Centre of Molecular Biotechnology (CEMBIO) have made a breakthrough in the synthesis of a new range of drugs that they hope will revolutionise...
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Draft Report on a Proposed Decision concerning the seventh framework programme (2007 to 2013)(link)
Brussels, 10 Jan 2006 PROVISIONAL 2005/0043(COD) 15.12.2005 ***I DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the seventh framework programme...
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Draft Report on the proposed Council decision concerning the seventh framework programme of Euratom for nuclear research and training activities (2007 to 2011) (link)
Brussels, 10 Jan 2006 PROVISIONAL 2005/0044(CNS) 4.1.2006 * DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (...
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EU Centre for Structural Biology to open in Grenoble
Brussels, 10 Jan 2006 On 13 January, the Carl-Ivar Branden Building will be opened at the Polygone Scientifique Campus in Gronoble, France. The new centre will be split between the Partnership for...