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BY MONICA DOBIE

SCIENTISTS from the USA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have determined that the mineral gypsum is a very effective soil additive for curbing run-off of phosphorus from farm fields into water supplies.

The study compared gypsum, alum and ground-up wastepaper at keeping phosphorus from leaching from farmland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) Joint Research Centre will concentrate on coordinating and assisting the EU’s Generation IV work when spending funds from the oncoming seventh framework programme for research, the EU Council of Ministers has decided. "It will contribute exclusively to those areas that can improve safety and safeguard aspects of innovative fuel cycles," said ministers.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Munich

SCIENTISTS have reaffirmed their commitment to a code of conduct for the research and exploration of mineral-rich deep ocean volcanic ridges that is expected to provide a template for the way in which mining companies will conduct their ocean bed exploration and extraction.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Munich

FOOD allergies can only be truly understood if they are studied at a pan-European level, according to scientists at a key European science convention. Dr Sian Astley, of the Institute of Food Research (IFR), in Norwich, said that only by studying allergies across different countries could the scale of the problem be understood.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Munich

EUROPEAN governments have little choice but to embrace nuclear energy as part of their future power strategies, according to the head of the European Commission’s research and policy body. Roland Schenkel, Director General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), which operates independently from private or national interests, said nuclear energy would play a hugely significant role in meeting Europe’s energy needs in coming decades, and that the need for European countries to address the issue of energy security was immediate.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SHOWING anti-smoking advertising before films that may glamorise the habit reduces the appeal of smoking only to non-smokers according to a study in the Tobacco Control journal. It published Australian research of 3,000 cinema goers aged 12-24, who watched one film preceded by an anti-smoking ad and another which was not: 25.6% of smokers not seeing the advertisement expected to be smoking in 12 months time, compared to 38.6% of those watching the ad.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

SCIENTISTS from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in the USA have determined that the mineral gypsum is very effective soil additive for curbing run-off of phosphorus from farm fields into water supplies.

Their work could give additional value to gypsum, one of the more common minerals often in massive beds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Bank has launched a comprehensive anti-corruption initiative. The plan will see more World Bank money feeding into good governance and anti-corruption measures that could involve expert accountants and auditors. These would include loans, grants, research and technical assistance in areas such as judicial and civil service reform, plus boosting freedom of information and local media.…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is spending Euro 11 million on a new ‘AutoCure’ research project that will investigate new cures for rheumatoid arthritis and myositis. A 26-member academic and pharmaceutical industry consortium will work for 60 months on the project.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN AMERICAN soya company has unveiled a new fake-meat manufacturing process that uses a blend of soya and meat protein to make faux beef and chicken. The Solae Company, which was formed by food industry giants Du Pont and Bunge Limited, launched SoleCina(TM), at the annual meeting of the US Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), in Orlando.…