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No cash for extra students after A-level debacle Universities will not receive extra money for taking on additional students caught in the A-level re-grading debacle, the Department for...
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Latest research news
California allows stem-cell research California has adopted a law that opens the state’s doors to stem-cell researchers, in a move that runs contrary to White House policy. (Guardian) Research link...
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US DoC and ICANN Amend their Internet Domain Name System Management Agreement: One year extension includes more scrutiny, quarterly reports
Washington D.C., 20 Sep 2002 The Commerce Department today announced that it is extending for one year its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and...
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OECD Study Shows Brain Research Can Help in Designing Educational Systems
Paris, 20 Sep 2002 Modern technologies of non-invasive brain scanning and imaging are revealing new insights into the biochemical functioning of the brain, shedding light on how the brain produces...
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Summary of existing legislation concerning intellectual property in non-original databases, prepared by the WIPO Secretariat
Geneva, 20 Sep 2002 Full text Prepared by the WIPO Secretariat for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (Eighth Session) (Geneva, November 4 - 8, 2002) [...] 3. Since copyright...
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EU funds development of new cancer therapies
Brussels, 20 Sep 2002 Two EU funded research projects developing new therapies for cancer were presented at the conference 'Towards greater coherence in European cancer research' in Brussels on 19...
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Busquin hopes to overcome cancer research fragmentation
Brussels, 20 Sep 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin supported the creation of a European cancer research area when speaking at a Brussels conference on 19 September. Mr Busquin believes...
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Report underlines difficulty of benchmarking scientific productivity
Brussels, 20 Sep 2002 A report published by the European Commission has highlighted the difficulty of measuring scientific and technological productivity. The study follows up on a call from the...
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Ethics forum to examine scientific publishing on the Internet
Brussels, 20 Sep 2002 With the support of EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, the University Foundation is organising an ethics forum with the title 'Free access to truth? Scientific...
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World congress on railway research
Brussels, 20 Sep 2002 The World congress on railway research will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 28 September to 1 October 2003. The event will focus on tackling problems and assessing new...
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Restructuring of the JRC senior management
Brussels, 20 Sep 2002 Senior Staff Mobility - A new impulse in view of the start of the new Framework Programme "In planning the restructuring, I took many factors into account, important among those...
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Antimatter is a reality: Commission welcomes CERN's breakthrough in antihydrogen production
Brussels, 19 September 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin today congratulated Geneva-based CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) for producing a substantial amount of...
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Today's news
A levels may be scrapped A levels could be scrapped in the wake of the grade-fixing scandal, according to the education minister Estelle Morris. The exam...
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European stem cell research restrictions impact on Indian regulations
Brussels, 19 Sep 2002 Restrictive embryo research regulations in some European countries and the USA have led to a ban on the export of all human embryonic material in India due to fears that the...