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BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL study involving 40 research facilities is trying to discover whether there is one key cause of all degenerative neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. The APOPIS (abnormal proteins in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders) project has received Euro 9 million in European Union research funding.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ENSURING nursing home residents brush their teeth is good standard health practice. After all, it keeps bad breath and tooth decay at bay.

But new American research now suggests that tooth brushing is much more important: it could save a life.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) network of clinical trials centres is being created, which will provide services to public and private clients wanting to test new medicines and medical techniques. ECRIN, (the European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network), will also promote the harmonised implementation within EU member states of European directives dealing with clinical research.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is hailing the success of a European Union (EU)-funded research project that has created new technology allowing small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) plants to run on biomass fuels. Applicable for the power range of 200 – 1,000 kWel, its key innovation is using a screw-type steam engine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is publicising three research projects designed to improve nutrition amongst old people. They are: LIPIDIET on preventing Alzheimer’s disease through diet (http://www.lipidiet.org/); OPTIFORD on how vitamin D supplements can strengthen bones (http://optiford.org/); and CROWNALIFE on foods that improve digestion, by providing helpful bacteria not produced naturally in older metabolisms (http://www.crownalife.be/).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) research consortium that brought us fully-recyclable thermoplastic lampposts that bend on impact have adapted their technology to create fully recyclable plastic caravans, dispensing with plywood and other less sustainable materials. Also says companies participating in the Eureka network of technological research, the plastic has been adapted to make modular flooring in marquees, truck bodies, water barrier systems and scaffolding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH and German governments have agreed to combine their efforts to fight climate change, sharing expertise and holding high-level meetings on issues ranging from transport to energy efficient buildings. German and British scientists will also share research vessels and high-latitude long-range monitoring aircraft.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
LAST summer’s European Parliament elections plus the delayed inauguration of the new European Commission under José Manuel Barroso has meant many quiet months in developing European Union (EU) policies affecting museums. What changes to EU cultural policy might be expected under Slovakia’s Jan Figel, the new education and culture Commissioner for the next five years will also not be evident until 2005.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AUSTRALIA has made a formal bid for an extension of its jurisdiction over its submarine continental shelf, taking it beyond the standard 200 nautical miles from its coasts, granting exclusive rights over potentially lucrative non-ferrous metal seabed deposits.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Minister has approved an EU action plan to promote organic food and farming. It includes EU funding of information and sales promotions, boosting the collection of statistics, more research and harmonisation of organic farming standards.…