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<copyright>Copyright British Publishers 2010</copyright>
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<title>NEWS - European Commission unveils nominations for European Inventor Awards</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has released the shortlist of nominations for the 2010 European Inventor Award The award although purely symbolic is a recognition of those inventors who have attempted to overcome the challenges faced by modern society
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Helga Nowotny appointed as new ERC President</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Research Council has appointed a new President after Fotis Kafatos the first President of the council stepped down from the post at the beginning of 2010 The role has now been appointed to former vicepresident Helga Nowotny who takes up the position as of March 1st 2010
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<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/news/helga_nowotny_appointed_as_new_erc_president</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - US company develops ultraefficient gas engine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Transonic Combustion a startup company based in Texas USA has developed a car fuelinjection system that is capable of improving gasoline engine efficiency by over fifty per cent]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/news/us_company_develops_ultra_efficient_gas_engine</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - ESA making plans for the future of European space exploration</title>
<description><![CDATA[The ESA have announced a set of candidates for future space exploration missions The three chosen projects include investigation into dark stars the mysterious nature of the sun and habitable planets around other stars
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<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/news/esa_making_plans_for_the_future_of_european_space_exploration</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - DFG adopts new rules to regulate publication citations in research proposals</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German research foundation DFG has implemented new measures to prevent research proposals from being overrun with publications 
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<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/news/dfg_adopts_new_rules_to_regulate_publication_citations_in_research_proposals</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Research breakthroughs for cleaning products</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nurturing the highest class of researchers the BIOSEAL project is developing new and improved detergent products through ongoing research efforts The new products developed are proving more effective more efficient and they also address environmental concerns according to Johan Smets]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/projects/research_breakthroughs_for_cleaning_products</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Wireless Sensor Networks The greatest invention since the Internet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Although a relatively young technology the potential of wireless sensor networks is encouraging intense research focus Future systems are likely to require both small nodes and a high density of deployment making efficiency and adaptability crucial to further development says Professor Anders Rydberg]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/projects/wireless_sensor_networks_the_greatest_invention_since_the_internet</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Cycles of the Sun</title>
<description><![CDATA[The magnetic fields and behaviour of the sun have long fascinated astrophysicists Sunspot observations theoretical models and computer simulations can provide important insights into solar behaviour says Professor Axel Brandenburg who expands on developing an accurate model of the solar dynamo]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/projects/cycles_of_the_sun</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Tracking and tracing cattle movements with GPS collars</title>
<description><![CDATA[The OTAG project is dedicated to extensive beef production It has worked on the design of a system that monitors cattles through their environment via electronic collars in order to manage the spread of diseases and to optimise pasture use says Dominique Didelot]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/projects/tracking_and_tracing_cattle_movements_with_gps_collars</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Reducing noise pollution for air traffic</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aircraft noise has an impact on people living under flight paths With air traffic set to increase further over coming years this is an issue which must be dealt with says Dr Fulvio Scarano of the FLOVIST project an ERCbacked initiative researching flow diagnostics and experimental aeroacoustics]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/projects/reducing_noise_pollution_for_air_traffic</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Time to invest in Europes bioclean tech delta</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today the global megatrends of food security energy security global climate change and sustainability command the attention of nations worldwide  Confronting these challenges will test political systems drive policy and stress international relations]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/opinion/time_to_invest_in_europe_s_bio_clean_tech_delta</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - New algorithm holds promise for earthquake prediction</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Haiti earthquake was a truly appalling tragedy and it is little wonder that the United Nations has described it as the worst humanitarian disaster it has faced in its history  The 2010 earthquake follows several earlier ones including in 1751 1770 1842 and 1946 which have struck the island of Hispaniola the tenth most populous island in the world which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republican]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/opinion/new_algorithm_holds_promise_for_earthquake_prediction</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Surely scientific research can solve the conundrum of losing talented women</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite many years of slow progress young women do not enter many of the science disciplines notably physics mathematics and engineering in anything like equal numbers with men]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/opinion/surely_scientific_research_can_solve_the_conundrum_of_losing_talented_women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Inequality in science a problem of sexual politics or pure economics</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a series of problems that women scientists must face at different stages of their lives The first of these happens in school when the sexual stereotyping of schoolgirls makes it more difficult for them to choose sciences certainly the physical sciences as the teaching and curriculum dont seem to be directly related to life and the time and space scales are very different]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/opinion/inequality_in_science_a_problem_of_sexual_politics_or_pure_economics</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Is European innovation meeting users needs</title>
<description><![CDATA[These days everybody is talking about the brand new iPad from Apple For some time now it seems that the world stopped waiting for innovation except for that coming from Apple or Google My first thought when I saw Google Wave was it has been conceived and developed within the timeframe of a standard European project Can you imagine TV News or Radio News from all over Europe opening with the results of a European project No way]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/opinion/is_european_innovation_meeting_users_needs</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - University Spotlight University of Amsterdam Netherlands</title>
<description><![CDATA[Laura Erdtsieck from the University of Amsterdam UvA presents the institution as a major contributor to scientific research in the world and explains among other things how central UvA was to the beginning of the Internet]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/features/university_spotlight_university_of_amsterdam_netherlands</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Virtual humans health monitoring bed sheets and Japanese supercomputers Welcome to eHealth in Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ilias Iakovidis is the Deputy Head of ICT for Health Unit for the European Commission and has his finger on the pulse of Europes eHealth plans and projects which are astounding in terms of scope and innovation Richard Forsyth interviews him on the latest developments for European healthcare]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/features/virtual_humans_health_monitoring_bed_sheets_and_japanese_supercomputers_welcome_to_ehealth_in_europe</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Ticking all the right boxes facilitating EU health</title>
<description><![CDATA[Currently data exchange between GPs and hospitals is rare But research in speechbased structured reporting technology is progressing fast Therefore the age of health records exchange even among EU Member States is dawning says Marcel Wassink Vice President at Nuance Healthcare]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/features/ticking_all_the_right_boxes_facilitating_eu_health</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Nanoscale miniaturisation brings major benefits </title>
<description><![CDATA[In the world of semiconductor technology nodes small is beautiful However the goal of developing eversmaller nodes poses a number of significant technical challenges says Dr Gilles Thomas of the PullNano project who expands on his initiatives approach to pursuing this objective
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<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/features/nano_scale_miniaturisation_brings_major_benefits</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - University Spotlight  Lund Sweden </title>
<description><![CDATA[With a new Vice Chancellor innovation is put in the forefront at Lund University in southern Sweden Ingela Bjrck science writer at the university Press Office reports]]></description>
<guid>http://www.projects.eu.com/features/university_spotlight_lund_sweden</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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