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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union project promoting research into medical crises, including possible bio-terrorist attacks and new diseases such as SARS, has gained the support of the European Commission. The HESCULAEP project (a particularly tortuous acronym for “health emergency national regional programmes for an improved co-ordination in pre-hospital setting”) is being funded by the EU’s research Sixth Framework Programme.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve a negotiated agreement that would allow Swiss researchers to take part in Euratom funded nuclear studies, via the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. The move would amend an existing EU-Switzerland scientific and technology agreement and was negotiated this September by the European Commission and the Swiss government.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union funded research project has developed a sensitive method of measuring airborne gamma particles, which it says allows for the first time accurate comparisons to be made with ground-based sampling. The Euratom ECCOMAGS project “resulted in the collection of an unrivalled set of contemporary airborne gamma spectrometry, in-situ and ground based measurements,” it claims.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CALL has been made to nuclear energy researchers to submit informal proposals for grants from the European Union (EU) Sixth Framework Programme on research. The European Commission wants ‘expressions of interest’ regarding future formal applications for EU funding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INSTITUTE for Energy, (part of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre), has signed a deal with the EuropeAid Cooperation Office to help implement large scale on-site modernisation projects at Russian and Ukrainian nuclear power plants, that include making improvements to design safety.…

MONICA DOBIEl
AMERICAN research has suggested that having a strong sweet tooth may indicate an increased risk of developing alcoholism. A study performed by doctors from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, found college students’ whose fathers were alcoholics, preferred super sweet drinks and strongly disliked drinks with lower sugar, in contrast to students who had no family history of substance abuse.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve a research programme stretching over the next three year at the EU’s joint research centre high flux reactor, at Petten, in the Netherlands. Funded largely by the Dutch government, the Euro 30.6 million series of projects includes studies on improving reactor safety, the development of medical isotopes, fusion, waste management and developing nuclear fuel helping to eliminate weapon grade plutonium, plus basic research and training work.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN research has suggested having a strong sweet tooth may indicate an increased risk of developing alcoholism. A study by doctors from Mount Sinai School of Medicine found college students’ whose fathers were alcoholics, preferred super sweet drinks and strongly disliked drinks with lower sugar.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL accord providing for joint-research projects on transport air pollution has been struck by the European Union (EU), the United States, Japan and China. Aimed at creating a global system to measure such emissions, the deal will provide for joint vehicle testing and should lead to the next generation of European emission standards for passenger cars and light vans.…