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Celebrating the bicentenary of the “Prix de l’Institut” awarded to Sir Humphry (...)
On 25th June 2008, a reception was held at the “Résidence de France” in London to commemorate the bicentenary of the “Prix de l'Institut” awarded to Sir Humphry Davy and to celebrate the continuous exchange of scientific knowledge between France and the UK, in particular through the mobility of (...)
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Scientific conferences in the frame of the French Presidency of the (...)
Several scientific conferences will take place in France in the frame of the French Presidency of the European Union .
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Entente cordiale scholarships
The Entente Cordiale Scholarship Scheme is a prestigious bi-lateral awards scheme that funds British postgraduate students who want to study in France and French students who want to study in the UK. Funded for the most part by the private sector in both countries the scheme provides funding (...)
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Françoise Gaill Head of the Department for the Environment and Sustainable Development at CNRS (Innovation News)
Published on 20 August 2008Françoise Gaill is Senior Researcher at the joint research unit 'Systemic, Adaptation, Evolution' (CNRS/IRD/MNHN/UPMC/Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris) that she has co-directed since its creation in 2003. She is also the scientific representative fo ...
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FRM Backing Promising Research on Pain Treatment (Innovation News)
Published on 20 August 2008Medical science no longer considers it "normal" to suffer during a treatment or an operation. This - now central - parameter is taken into account for the setup of any therapy. However, although current medical science knows how to calm sharp pain, t ...
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MICALIS - The New Center for Research in Food Microbiology and Human Health (Innovation News)
Published on 20 August 2008With a view to preserving consumer health, INRA has decided to set up a Center that will be covering all the fields ranging from microbe cells to biological procedures for food processing, including human digestive tube flora. MICALIS, which is locat ...
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Scientific seminar
Web Archiving
What did blogs look like at the turn of the last century? How did the candidates in the 2002 and 2007 French presidential elections, or the British General Elections of 2005, present themselves and their campaigns on their websites? Web archives, begun a few years ago, can now be accessed by the general public. Gildas Illien of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris) and Stephen Bury of the British Library will explain how web material (...)
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