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<title>NEWS - Scientists develop tricorder Star Trek technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz THz waves  the technology used behind fullbody security scanners at a more efficient and continuous wavelength  Also known as Twaves the new waves could be used to create medical scanning gadgets and possibly lead to innovations similar to the fictional tricorder used in the TV series Star Trek]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Contact lens computer screens</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tests on animals have proven hopeful for the future of contact lenses that can project images in front of the eyes  The device developed by researchers at Washington University could allow wearers to read floating text or navigate their surroundings with computergenerated images  The animal tests proved that the lenses are safe and feasible to use]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Innovate 2011 online</title>
<description><![CDATA[The busy main stage programme from Innovate 2011 is available online and live throughout the day How can innovation add value to your ideas today  and what impact can it have on your future business Innovate 11 is the leading oneday networking conference and exhibition event for businesses to meet other businesses Government and academia with the aim of making innovation happen  creating opportunity and growth for the future ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - PhDs under the hammer in funding cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The reduced budget for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC means that there will be a 36 reduction in government funded science and engineering PhDs by 2013 The current figure of 10900 funded places will be cut to just 7000]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - New Keynote Speakers Confirmed for AAL Forum</title>
<description><![CDATA[The AAL Forum in Lecce which will be held 26th28th September has received three new confirmations for its keynote speakers programme ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Optical fibre laser technology delivers medicine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Revolutionary laser technology could provide a novel approach to painless diagnosis of serious diseases such as cancer and diabetes and in vivo analysis of drug efficacy  for a fraction of the price of current laser equipment Dr Rbert Szipcs research fellow at the Research Institute for Solid State Physics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest and his colleague biologist Dr Attila Kolonics explain that the FIBERSC2 project is actually two intriguing projects in one]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - A vital network for particle accelerators</title>
<description><![CDATA[The development of new particle accelerators with unprecedented beam characteristics has driven the need for intense research and development programs in diagnostic techniques in recent years Carsten Welsch has initiated a project that will collate knowledge from institutions around Europe in order to improve the development of these instruments and the training of those involved]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/projects/a_vital_network_for_particle_accelerators</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - An innovation to blow air out of the water</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Danish company has come up with a simple yet effective alternative to the pneumatic actuators used to operate sanitary valves in the brewing dairy and pharmaceutical industries The product is named HYDRACT and it will not only reduce energy cost and CO2 emissions by more than 70 per cent but it can also increase the valves reliability and functionality revolutionising the production process]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - ALCAS lightening the load for civil aircraft</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 100 million project to develop a cuttingedge range of carbon composites is helping the European civil aviation industry meet its 2020 Vision commitments  and keep its aircraft manufacturers competitive in a multibillion dollar market Project Coordinator Allan Kaye at Airbuss UK research centre in Bristol is confident the giant consortium behind the Advanced Low Cost Aircraft Structure ALCAS can deliver]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Customised shoes are a perfect fit for Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[DOROTHY took off her old shoes and tried on the ruby ones which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her wrote Frank Baum in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz And it is that approach customisation of shoes which is being taken by a consortium of innovative companies in an ECfunded attempt to strengthen competition in the European shoe manufacturing market in the face of globalisation and the advent of new technologies]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Technology transfer  A contact sport that gets results</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr Koen Verhoef a scientist with a biology background is manager of the technology transfer office at the Netherlands Cancer Institute as well as a vicepresident at the Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals ASTP Here he talks to William Davis about the growing importance of technology transfer and the need for planning]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/opinion/technology_transfer_a_contact_sport_that_gets_results</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Bringing a new perspective to World Water Day </title>
<description><![CDATA[The international observance of World Water Day this year on March 22 is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro  This year39s theme  39Clean Water for a Healthy World39  reflects the fact that population and industrial growth are adding new sources of pollution and increased demand for clean water across the world]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Time to invest in Europe39s 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://projectsmagazine.eu.com/opinion/time_to_invest_in_europe_s_bio_clean_tech_delta</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000</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>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000</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>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Next generation of superstars in Dragonfish cluster</title>
<description><![CDATA[The most numerous group of young supermassive stars to be observed in our galaxy has been discovered by astronomers  The stars number in their hundreds of thousands and include several hundred blue stars dozens of times heavier than our sun  The light emitted by these newborn stars pushes out and heats the gas that gave them birth creating a glowing hollow shell a hundred light years wide]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Machines that read emotion</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new system created by Spanish researchers has enabled machines to adapt their response to suit users emotions  Focusing on the negative emotions usually experienced when interacting with an automatic system  namely anger boredom and doubt  scientists have designed the model to adapt to the tone of the conversation and make dialogue faster and more effective]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/features/machines_that_read_emotion</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Zeroemission cars soon to hit the market</title>
<description><![CDATA[The next few years will see a surge in zeroemission cars as a new range of plugin electric vehicles EVs hit the market  Although they currently account for only a few thousand models on the market industry and the government are taking steps to increase this figure in light of the growing need for environmentallyfriendly transport solutions  ]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/features/zero_emission_cars_soon_to_hit_the_market</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - New digital kitchen could revolutionise language learning</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new kitchen that delivers cooking instructions in French in a similar manner to a car sat nav could revolutionise the way languages are learnt  Special motion sensors in the kitchen equipment determine whether or not tasks have been completed and the instructions are carefully prepared to incorporate the basics of grammar and improve proficiency]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/features/new_digital_kitchen_could_revolutionise_language_learning</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Has the speed of light been broken</title>
<description><![CDATA[The OPERA1 team based at the CERN particle physics laboratory has held up a startling discovery for scrutiny by the scientific community  Neutrinos  electrically neutral particles produced as a byproduct in nuclear fission from stars so small that they were only recently found to have mass  could travel faster than the speed of light  If verified this could have a profound effect on the scientific communitys understanding of physics reshaping the last one hundred years of thought]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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