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  • 2008 university world rankings
    [more information] Universities in the United States have again dominated the world’s top 500 in the latest rankings by Shanghai Jiao Tong…

  • Sheep genome breakthrough
    [more information] A cutting-edge new tool to pinpoint the genetic differences responsible for a variety of commercially important traits in sheep…

  • Southern Ocean seals dive deep for climate data
    [more information] Elephant seals are helping scientists overcome a critical blind-spot in their ability to detect change in Southern Ocean…

  • ERC Advanced Grant recipients announced
    [more information] The European Research Council (ERC) has released details of the first round of recipients of its Advanced Grants in the physical…

  • European RTD Insight (August 2008)
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  • Tailor-Made Biofuels 3rd generation, not from food or corn
    [more information] Some 80 scientists are working at the “cluster of excellence” located at the RWTH Aachen. At the Technical University they…

  • August Bollettino
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  • EU project taking CO2 out of the atmosphere
    [more information] “The European Commission is committed to encouraging industry to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and research plays…

  • Europe hot on the heels of wind power development
    [more information] The European Technology Platform for Wind Energy (TPWind) has unveiled in its latest Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) that wind…

  • CSIRO opens rapid response animal disease cent
    [more information] The Federal Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, officially opened CSIRO Livestock…

  • EU and NZ strengthen science ties
    [more information] The EU and New Zealand have signed a Science and Technical (S&T) cooperation agreement with the aim of further boosting…

  • A new pathway for Italy-Australia cooperation
    [more information] A new book entitled “What if they never existed?” is due for publication in Australia this July (07/2008). The book which…

  • The European Community signs a Science & Technical Cooperation Agreement with New Zealand
    [more information] Today the European Community signed an S&T cooperation agreement with New Zealand bringing the total number of S&T…

  • Australian scientists set a shining standard
    [more information] Australian scientists say they have achieved the world’s most accurate measurement of the fundamental unit of light intensity.

  • European perspectives on the expected returns from investment in university research
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  • Common problems need common solutions! Commission proposes to Member States to jointly address major societal challenges
    [more information] Climate change, diseases, or energy are societal challenges shared by all EU countries. National research, which currently makes…

  • Commission proposes a legal framework for European Research Infrastructures
    [more information] The European Commission today proposed a legal framework that will make it easier to set up European Research Infrastructures,…

  • NICTA Wins Place in Premier European Commission Research Program
    [more information] NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has secured a place in the…

  • Coal-generated CO2 captured in Australia — a first
    [more information] In a first for Australia, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been captured from power station flue gases in a post-combustion-capture…

  • Budapest wins race for EIT seat
    [more information] The headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will be hosted by Budapest. A decision taken by…

  • In Person: Research in France
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  • New Research Infrastructures portal launched
    [more information] Research Infrastructures (RIs) are playing an ever increasing role in advancing knowledge and technology throughout Europe. More…

  • National support for unfunded ERC Starting Grants finalists
    [more information] Through the European Research Council (ERC), the EU is granting €335 million as part of the ERC Starting Grants aimed at…

  • Europe4Researchers Newsletter — Issue 3 — June 2008
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  • European RTD Insight (July 2008)
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