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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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"Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy - Building Bridges between Cultures"

At the beginning of 2011, the next Oxford International symposium on archeoastronomy will take place at Lima, in Peru. It is the first time when this event is to be held in South America.
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The Sun between Science and Music

University of Michigan researchers have "sonified" the solar wind data that's usually represented visually, as numbers or graphs. They have created a musical representation of the data gathered by NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer satellite.
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Nouns and verbs are learnt in different parts of the brain

Learning nouns and verbs activate different regions of the brain. The scientists observed this using brain images taken using functional magnetic resonance, according to an article published in the journal Neuroimage.
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New material for better prosthesis

Prosthesis made up of carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles of zirconia, might last more than 150 years. At least, this is what researcher Nere Garmendia say in her PhD thesis. She wished to show that the ageing and cracking of present prosthesis could be avoided.
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Science of the cross-country skiing

Norwegian ski specialists have developed a four-step process that helps them decide how the skis should be prepared and what will work best. An NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) researcher says that any mistake in preparation of the base of the ski might lead to a 3 per cent change for the worse. This tiny decrease in performance can make the difference whether an athlete wins a medal or not at high level competitions such as Winter Olympic games in Vancouver.
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Protons uncover mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls

One of the Dead Sea Scrolls was created in the area in which it was found. That is the conclusion following a recent research made by experts from Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The result was announced by Professor Giuseppe Pappalardo at the 12th International Conference on Particle Induced X-Ray Emission and its Analytical Applications (PIXE) in Surrey, UK. This finding was made possible by the combined use of a new system of analysis patented by the INFN National Laboratories of the South, and a particle accelerator located at the same facility.
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Special effects in Avatar made possible thanks to European technology

Digital technology has transformed the production and post production of all types of film - particularly feature films - as well as creating a whole new viewing experience. All these were possible thanks to software products that in essence are based on breakthroughs in a European Eureka project finished in 1998.
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Mind power: simple thoughts might operate computers

The computer mouse and keyboard will be as useful for operating a computer as much as currently diskettes are useful for storing data. That's because we will be able to control computers with simple thoughts. At least that is what suggests a research at Rowan University in the USA.
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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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Plasma jets could replace dentist's drill

Painless plasma jets could replace the dentist's drill in maximum five years, as German researchers say in an article published in the February issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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Romanian scientists succesfuly contribute to ITER

A new technology developed by Romanian scientists will be implemented at ITER, the world's biggest experimental fusion reactor. The technique is called "Combined Magneton Sputtering and Ion Implantation" (CMSII) and has been chosen as the best "coating technique" in terms of resistance to the high heat loads.
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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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How do protozoa swim?

Researchers from Vanderbilt University, USA, have developed the world’s smallest periscope. It can be used to analyze cells and micro-organisms from several angles simultaneously.
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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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EICOS Fellowships 2009 at Max Planck Institute

‘European Initiative for Communicators of Science’ (EICOS) Fellowships 2009
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