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Oxford revives tests to select brightest pupils The University of Oxford is moving to reintroduce entrance tests for history and English. The move comes just nine years after the university...
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Life sciences in society today: Modern Biology and Visions of Humanity
Brussels, 22 March 2004 On 22-23 March in Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004 a unique conference will bring together scientists and leading personalities from the arts, humanities and politics to...
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Today's scientific knowledge does not justify commercial cord blood banks, says ethics group
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 The European Group on Ethics (EGE) has adopted an Opinion questioning the legitimacy of commercial umbilical cord blood banks on account of the lack of scientific evidence...
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WIPO Member States Lay Foundations for Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Geneva, 22 Mar 2004 A key committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided today on concrete steps for accelerated international work on protection of traditional knowledge (...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: Culture scientifique, citoyenneté et gouvernance européennes. Conférence " Biologie moderne et visions de l'Humanité Gênes, le 22 mars 2004
G ênes, le 22 mars 2004 La science doit être publique L'événement qui commence aujourd'hui est unique. C'est la première fois que la Commission organise une rencontre entre des mondes qui n'ont pas l...
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Breast cancer conference warns of EU threat to academic research
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 Delegates at the fourth European breast cancer conference in Hamburg, Germany, issued a declaration on 20 March warning of the negative effects that the new EU clinical trials...
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FP6 funds new generation of robots
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 The European Commission is providing 4.3 million euro for a new project aimed at developing a new generation of embodied agents able to interact and communicate, without human...
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EU project on earthquake risk holds final conference
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 RISK-UE, an EU funded project that aims to develop an advanced approach to earthquake risk scenarios with application possible in different European towns, will hold its final...
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Conference to highlight Ipv6 developments
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 The 6NET conference organised by the Free University of Brussels, in collaboration with the European Commission, will take place in Brussels on 18 and 19 May. The event, dealing...
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Fighting childhood leukaemia
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 An international conference on the latest technologies available to fight childhood leukemia will be held in London, the UK, from 6 to 10 September. The conference will give...
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Envisat fishes up facts behind Chilean giant squid invasion
Paris, 22 Mar 2004 Masses of large ocean-going squid have inundated the shores of Southern Chile, alarming local fishermen who fear these carnivorous invaders could threaten fish stocks. Envisat has...
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Today's news
Oxford revives tests to select brightest pupils The University of Oxford is moving to reintroduce entrance tests for history and English. The move comes just nine years after the university...
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Life sciences in society today: Modern Biology and Visions of Humanity
Brussels, 22 March 2004 On 22-23 March in Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004 a unique conference will bring together scientists and leading personalities from the arts, humanities and politics to...
-
Today's scientific knowledge does not justify commercial cord blood banks, says ethics group
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 The European Group on Ethics (EGE) has adopted an Opinion questioning the legitimacy of commercial umbilical cord blood banks on account of the lack of scientific evidence...
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WIPO Member States Lay Foundations for Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Geneva, 22 Mar 2004 A key committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided today on concrete steps for accelerated international work on protection of traditional knowledge (...