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Source: EUROPA
European researchers make advances in solar eclipse studies 02/07/2009

European researchers have succeeded in linking solar observations from satellites with ground-based observations. They used state-of-the-art image processing tools to reveal spatial details, effectively showing the structure of the coronal ...

Source: France24
IAEA: Japan's Amano elected to head UN nuclear watchdog 02/07/2009

Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano was elected to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a closed-door vote Thursday....

Source: BBC News | Science & Environment
Climate change is shrinking sheep 02/07/2009

Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science....

Source: BBC News | Science & Environment
Moon probe returns first images 02/07/2009

The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon....

Source: BBC News | Science & Environment
Amur tigers on 'genetic brink' 02/07/2009

The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found....

Source: BBC News | Science & Environment
World 'still losing biodiversity' 02/07/2009

Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns....

Source: CORDIS
Experts call for antibiotic prescribing practices to be standardised across Europe 01/07/2009

EU-funded researchers have identified wide variations in the way antibiotics are prescribed across Europe. In some countries, just 20% of patients who go to their doctor with a cough are give antibiotics, while in other countries this figur...

Source: CORDIS
Vehicle parts: new technology to reduce time and cost 01/07/2009

European car manufacturers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and technology centres have teamed up to find a way to make more efficient and cost-effective automobile structure components. Under the EU-funded PROFORM ('An innovative...

Source: CORDIS
Scientists discover new periodic table element 01/07/2009

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has officially recognised the element 112 as a new element, discovered by scientists at the GSI Helmholzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ?...

Source: CORDIS
Networking event in the field of water management and sanitation for Europe, Africa, and EECA, Vienna, Austria 01/07/2009

A networking event in the field of water management and sanitation for Europe, Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) will be held on 16 and 17 September in Vienna, Austria. The aim of the two-day event is to initiate competiti...

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