Tony Tysome and Martin Ince (bottom) report on the work of the 'laboratory of Europe' ASKED to justify the cash that goes into the Joint Research Centre, its managers would probably point to the...
Scottish Enterprise is investing Pounds 750,000 in a fellowship scheme to help young academics commercialise their research. The Royal Society of Edinburgh this session awarded four enterprise...
OXFORD University has spawned two new companies, one focusing on new electronic display technologies, the other on developing treatments for brain diseases like Alzheimer's. Display firm Opsys has...
Why do British scientists succeed in Europe? We look at careers, funding and the expatriate life. Teodor Shanin is founder of research into peasantry and rector of the Moscow School of Social...
Why do British scientists succeed in Europe? We look at careers, funding and the expatriate life. Oceanographer Jacqueline McGlade is riding on the crest of a wave. She tells Martin Ince how...
Why do British scientists succeed in Europe? We look at careers, funding and the expatriate life. Ayala Ochert continues her series with a look at European research opportunities According to Edith...
Why do British scientists succeed in Europe? We look at careers, funding and the expatriate life. Despite a 26-year absence from Britain, Mary Osborn has won a new UK women in science award. Martin...
Why do British scientists succeed in Europe? We look at careers, funding and the expatriate life Physicist Jorg Heber from Germany is studying for a PhD at Imperial College, London, thanks to backing...
Why do British scientists succeed in Europe? We look at careers, funding and the expatriate life. YAHOO-Molecular biologist Victoria Shingler went to Sweden for a year. That was in 1985. Michael de...
This week's Royal Society 'Science in Society' meeting, Science Funding: The European Dimension, covered both national and EU-wide issues. You can hear it all at THESIS, The THES Internet Service (...
Each month this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk EUROPEAN UNION www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu. int/comm/...
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a classic of the Russian civil war: "The Melekhov farm stood on the very edge...
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