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Beautiful Minds Recognised

  • December 12th, 2007
  • Posted by Sian Graham

nobel-ceremony.jpgSweden has played host to some of the world’s greatest minds in chemistry, physics, medicine, and economics over the past week in the lead up to the 2007 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.

The prize giving ceremony takes place every year at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10 — the anniversary of the death of its founder Alfred Nobel. … Read More »

Mobile Technology You Can Really Move To

  • December 3rd, 2007
  • Posted by Sian Graham

carbon-footprint.jpgFrom the simple handheld portable phone, to colour screens, polyphonic tones, cameras, PDF and the Internet, today’s mobile can even record your carbon emissions.

On Friday (30.11.07) European Commission researchers launched the first mobile application that uses your phone to track your carbon footprint. … Read More »

Chernobyl Wildlife Haven Challenged

  • August 24th, 2007
  • Posted by EUEditor

chernobyl-wikipedia.jpgScientists have produced new evidence that adverse ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster are greater than previously understood – contradicting more optimistic reports that at least wildlife in the region were doing well.

Imogen Brennan weighed up the claims on the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear power station explosion in the Ukraine. … Read More »

World Water Under Pressure

  • August 15th, 2007
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

drought-eu.jpgA major world gathering in Stockholm this week is looking for solutions to a worldwide problem with future supplies of water. This report is by Sian Graham. … Read More »

Arctic Contest: By Jingo It Must Be Getting Warmer

  • August 15th, 2007
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

arctic-map-2.jpgCommentary: The world has been warned to stand by for a generation of sometimes absurdist claims and confrontations over the Arctic Circle, since the region has been losing its chill. Lee Duffield writes. … Read More »

EU-Australian Science Grants

  • August 15th, 2007
  • Posted by EUEditor

skaref_design2.JPGThe Australian government has put up funding for sixteen science research projects in cooperation with European partners. … Read More »

No Yellow Jersey?!

  • July 26th, 2007
  • Posted by Lee Duffield

tdf-jaune-f_2-resize.jpgTour de France officials blame cycling officials and the world wonders again if or when doping will stop … Read More »

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