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Venus puts on morning show Clear skies across England and Wales on Tuesday morning gave thousands of people almost perfect conditions to observe an event that no living person has witnessed: the...
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Building bloc of clicks 'n' mortar
Online courses offered by a consortium of universities are attracting much interest in Asia and Europe. Geoff Maslen, in Melbourne, reports. The first specially developed courses to be delivered...
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When wild dogs barked at Wall St
The Chastening
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Europe sets out its strategy for nanoelectronics
Brussels, 01 Jul 2004 The Commissioners for Research and Enterprise and Information Society, Philippe Busquin and Erkki Liikanen, have welcomed a vision document drawn up by a high level group that...
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Australia sharpens focus on distance
Are online mega-universities the future or are local courses with internet support a better option? asks Geoff Maslen in Melbourne. James Norman doubts he could have graduated with an information...
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SARS off the critical list, but what's next?
Brussels, 23 Jul 2003 With China and Taiwan now officially off the list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS, the chain of transmission of this new disease appears to be broken globally,...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a work by a travel writer best known for his books about Asia: "I had been afraid of Russia ever...
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Russians flock to study in Britain
The number of Russians taking British university degrees has risen steeply in the past two years to almost 1,500, figures released by the British Council reveal. British universities saw a 40 per...
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Cast-off drugs harm wildlife
Pharmaceuticals working their way into nature put plants and animals in danger. Steve Farrar reports Scientists are becoming concerned that pharmaceuticals may be slowly poisoning British wildlife. A...
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West weighs up theworth of its values
East Meets West
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Life Sciences and Biotechnology – A strategy for Europe
Brussels, 21 October 2005 Third progress report and JRC biotechnology assessment study This memo provides the following information: Biotechnology is an important economic player Figures on...
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Flight 153: Ariane 5 on the launch pad
Paris, 08 July 2002 Exactly one month after the successful launch of an Ariane 4 with an Intelsat telecommunications satellite onboard, an Ariane 5 soared into space early Saturday morning (CET) from...
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Atmospheric pollution over the Mediterranean could lead to drought
Brussels, 31 Oct 2002 A team of European and international scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for chemistry has discovered evidence of remarkably high pollution levels over the Mediterranean...
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Where global R&D and mobile populations meet - OECD Report on the skills drain
Brussels, 24 Oct 2003 Have skills, will travel - an OECD report examines how rich countries are attracting science and technology specialists from developing nations to fill gaping labour shortages....
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Where global R&D and mobile populations meet - OECD Report on the skills drain
Brussels, 24 Oct 2003 Have skills, will travel - an OECD report examines how rich countries are attracting science and technology specialists from developing nations to fill gaping labour shortages....