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Theory blown away
The studies of wind and nuclear power cited by J. A. Simmons (Letters, June 24) are contradicted by other sources, including the German Environment Ministry's 2004 report on "ecologically optimised"...
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Chemists learn careless talk could cost lives
Days after the London bombings, Anna Fazackerley joins top chemists in a closed-door meeting on how to prevent academic know-how being used to turn the next attack into a chemical weapons massacre It...
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A graphic warning from Japan
In March 1995, members of a religious cult released the deadly gas sarin on the Tokyo underground system, killing 12 people and injuring more than 5,000. The gas attack was the first major terrorist...
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Terror - it's a truly bourgeois tradition
As the debate on terror intensifies, Terry Eagleton delves into the philosophy of terrorism and finds its origins in middle-class anarchy Terrorism is a surprisingly new invention. Of course human...
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Stargazer who sits in Albert's shadow
What happened to the man who verified Einstein's theory? asks Arthur Miller When Albert Einstein's theory of the cosmos was verified on May 19, 1919, the German physicist became an icon of the 20th...
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Corrigendum to the Council Directive on a Specific Procedure for Admitting Third-Country Nationals for the Purposes of Scientific Research (link)
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 9288/05 Corrigendum 01 Suite of documents 9288/05 LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS: CORRIGENDUM Subject: COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a specific procedure...
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Corrigendum to the Council Recommendation to Facilitate the Admission of Third-Country Nationals to Carry Out Scientific Research in the European Community
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 9290/05 Corrigendum 01 Suite of documents 9290/05 LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS: CORRIGENDUM Subject: COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION to facilitate the...
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State aid to investment and R&D -- European Economy Paper No. 231 (link)
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 Full text The prohibition of state aid to investment and R&D in an integrated market such as the European Community is analysed in a Cournot oligopoly model where firms...
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Europe and Asia set to oust US from lead in science and engineering
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 Fifty years of US global dominance in science and engineering (S&E) may be coming to an end as America's share of graduates in these fields stagnates, while S&E...
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European joint venture to develop in-flight mobile-phone gear
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 Siemens and Airbus, the pan-European aircraft manufacturer, have joined forces in a common venture to develop technology that will make ordinary mobile phone calls possible for...
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Japanese satellite to probe black holes
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 Japan's space agency, JAXA, launched an M-5 rocket on 10 July to deliver a satellite into Earth orbit that will probe high-energy astronomical phenomena in a 150 million USD (...
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LifeSciHealth information day, Brussels
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 An information day on supporting policy development under the fourth call of Priority 1 'Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' of the Sixth Framework Programme (...
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Prior information notice: organising and managing the European ICT Prize
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 The Commission's Information Society and Media DG has given prior information of a call for tenders to organise and manage the European Information and Communication...
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Semantic Web Days 2005
Brussels, 13 Jul 2005 An international conference entitled 'Semantic Web Days 2005' will take place in Munich, Germany, from 6 to 7 October. This two-day event offers a forum of exchange for...