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Universities to draw up RAE equality codes Measures to prevent women academics suffering discrimination during the forthcoming research assessment exercise were announced today. Universities will be...
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Gates gives millions to fund British fight against TB and Aids British scientists working on five ground-breaking projects to fight disease will be named today as recipients of the largest individual...
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Lengthy ITER dispute concludes in favour of France
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 After a fraught selection process that lasted over 18 months, the EU has won agreement from all partners in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project...
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ITER and fusion energy research – basic questions and answers
Brussels, 28 June 2005 Today in Moscow the Six Parties participating in the ITER project decided to build this project in Cadarache in Southern France. This agreement heralds the end of a deadlock...
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Access and Benefit Sharing: Special Disclosure Requirements in Patent Applications - "Country of Origin/Source", "Prior Informed Consent"
Paris, 28 Jun 2005 Summary Issue Proposals have been advanced at the national level, and within intergovernmental forums, to mandate disclosure of "Country of Origin/Source" and/or proof of "Prior...
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European Technology Platform "Food for Life" to be Launched on the 5th of July
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 Official launch of European technology platform "Food for Life" 05 July 2005, 10:00-12:30 European Commission, Centre A. Borschette, Room AB-1A, Rue Froissart, 36, Brussels,...
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Ministers 'keen' on i2010, says Luxembourg Presidency
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 The EU Telecommunications Council welcomed the proposal 'i2010: European Information Society 2010' when ministers met on June. '[T]he ministers have been quite keen on the...
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Technology could grow beyond human control, warns Millennium report
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 Many people still do not appreciate how fast science and technology (S&T) will change over the next 25 years, and given this rapid development along several different...
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Biobabel project creates common ontology for biological attributes
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) has announced the successful completion of BioBabel, which includes the development of a controlled vocabulary and common ontology to...
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FP6 project to keep EU at forefront of nanoelectronics
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 In an effort to keep Europe at the forefront of nanoelectronics, the European Commission is providing 24.17 million euro for a new project aimed at pushing the limits of...
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Germany to fund research into the safety of green gene technology
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 The German government is to support research into the safety of genetically modified (GM) plants with ten million euro over the next three years. Some 24 projects will receive...
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European biomass conference and exhibition
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 The 14th European biomass conference and exhibition, with the sub-heading 'Biomass for energy, industry and climate protection', will be held from 17 to 21 October in Paris,...
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Today's news
Science is safe, says universities' paymaster The head of the universities' funding council wrote off concern over the closure of chemistry and physics departments as "moral panic" yesterday and...
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Galileo Concession - The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) ready to start negotiations
Brussels, Jun 2005 Today the Executive Director of the GJU, Rainer Grohe, reported to the Supervisory Board regarding the evaluation of the joint proposal received from the two consortia in the...
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New study reveals overwhelming support for open access mandate
Brussels, Jun 2005 A new international study of academic researchers from all disciplines has revealed that over 80 per cent of them would be willing to submit their articles to institutional open...