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Please help British Council with an important survey

All participants will be entered into a prize draw and for the winner British Council will donate £250 to a charity of his/ her choice.
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Green Week 2010

Biodiversity is the main theme of the Green Week 2010. It is the largest annual conference on European environment policy. The conference and exhibition will take place on June 1-4 in Brussels, Belgium.
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TWAS Prizes 2010

The "TWAS Prizes" are awarded to individual scientists in developing countries in recognition of outstanding contributions to knowledge in eight fields of science: biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, agricultural sciences, earth sciences, engineering sciences and medical sciences. Nominations for the 2010 prizes must be submitted by 31 March 2010. Each prize consists of 15,000 US dollars and is accompanied by a plaque inscribed with the recipient's major contributions.
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Science and Art in the Shetlands Islands

Extreme Shetland weather inspires Dr Janette Kerr, painter and Visiting Research Fellow from the University of the West of England. She is focusing on a project that links science with art.
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Outdoor air quality and progression of atherosclerosis in humans

American and European researchers have found that exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls that leads to cardiovascular disease. The study links outdoor air quality and progression of atherosclerosis in humans and is published in the journal PloS ONE.
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Floating Wind Turbines

American researchers say that floating wind turbines placed on ocean based platforms might use the wind that blows at high speeds. The prototype might be ready by summer of 2012.
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VitisNet, a Useful Web Tool for Plant Breeders

A new Web-based tool at South Dakota State University (SDSU) called VitisNet can help plant breeders and researchers worldwide analyze large molecular data sets in ultimately practical ways to help the grape and wine industry. Plant scientists who work with other plants besides grapevines can also benefit from the information.
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Smart capsules that release their contents at desired temperature

French researchers at CNRS Paul Pascal Research Center in Bordeaux have designed smart capsules that are able to release their contents on demand, simply by raising the temperature. This novel system opens up the way to many applications in a large number of fields such as food, perfumes and agriculture, for instance to deliver pesticides above a specific temperature.
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The Copenhagen summit: Global results through local and regional actions

World leaders shifted a great deal of their responsibility to local and regional authorities which have to make Copenhagen a real success. The COP15 Summit did not reach a legally binding agreement at international level, and local and regional leaders will have to step in to make the Copenhagen deal a real success.
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Celebrate World Space Week 2009

UN-declared World Space Week, Oct. 4-10 annually, is the largest public space event on Earth and the best time each year for teachers to use space to excite students about learning.
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More oil and gas from the ground

An international consortium seeks to improve the average extraction rate of 60% from oil and gas fields. Eight petroleum companies from around the world invested more than 800,000 dollars that might be transformed in billions of savings at the end of the project. Dr. R.B. Ainsworth, principal investigator of the consortium speaks to us about results to-date and the next level of research.
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