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Karolinska Institutet Receives $500M in Donations

Other donors that have contributed to the campaign include the Jochnick Foundation, AFA Insurance, the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg foundations and the…

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An assessment system demonstrates the learning capacity and cognitive abilities of children with Down’s syndrome

This system makes it possible to assess abilities, attitudes and learning capacities of pre-school children when fulfilling different tasks. This project,…

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How ICTs Are Shaping Classroom Teaching Methods Today

The school institution hardly changed duringthe last century, despite television, radio and other information and communication technologies (ICTs)…

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Consortium Secures Grant to Advance Anaemia Treatment Innovation

This consortium is to use this additional funding over the next two years to accelerate the development of a treatment for anaemia initiated by GlycoForm.Through combining the sugar synthesis and conjugation technology of GlycoForm, the unique PEGylation expertise of PolyTherics and Aston University’s yeast expression capability, the consortium will explore the development of next generation products for the treatment of anaemia. A product with an improved safety profile and an extended half-life is in increasing demand in this £5 billion market….

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York students help African schoolchildren to uncover ‘hidden worlds’

The scheme started on home soil in the schools around York, where staff from the University’s Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) took microscopes…

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Networking Pioneer Joins IMDEA Networks Research Team

IMDEA Networks has announced that Dr. Nicholas F. Maxemchuk, Professor at the world-leading Columbia University of New York and a networking pioneer, has…

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Elsevier Foundation Grants Boost Innovative Libraries Worldwide

The recipient programs were selected from over 150 applicants worldwide for their innovation and potential for impact in the developing world and the academic…

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ECNP Unveils Grant for Emerging Neuropsychopharmacology Researchers

The objective of the grant is to provide the opportunity for committed, promising European young scientists in neuropsychopharmacology and/or closely related…

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€5.5 Million Boost for Engineering Research in Ireland

The funding which is part of Science Foundation Ireland’s Engineering Professorship and Lectureship Programme will support three Engineering Professorships and…

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UNU Launches OpenCourseWare Portal for Global Learning

On Tuesday 4th February 2008 United Nations University launched the UNU OpenCourseWare Portal, accessible at http://ocw.unu.edu. Initially, the UNU…

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DFG Launches Reinhart Koselleck Projects for Bold Research

More room for risky research — this is the motto under which the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has introduced a new funding…

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Strengthening Medical Research in Europe: Key Collaboration Insights

These are some of the main recommendations of the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) White Paper, ‘Present Status and Future Strategy for Medical…

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UA-Led Research Team Awarded $50 Million to Solve Plant Biology's Grand Challenges

The project will unite plant scientists, computer scientists and information scientists from around the world for the first time ever to provide answers to…

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NIH Funds New Center for Reproduction and Infertility Research

The advisory council supports a national network of Centers of Excellence through a program called the Specialized Centers Program in Reproduction and…

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Ireland Launches €11.8M Postgraduate Research Initiative

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) has unveiled an €11.8 million scheme which will fund the early career formation of…

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Gdansk and Hamburg Researchers Collaborate on Education Innovations

“The Fall School in Hamburg that I had participated, was a very precious and improving time”, Mariusz Grinholc stated after the First Fall School in Molecular…

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