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Scientists in Sweden have discovered new ways to control the growth and structure of nanowires at the single-atom level. Their findings, which provide major insights into materials physics, have come out of the NODE (' Nanowire-based …

When pregnant mice feel threatened by disease, they tend to produce sons who are less aggressive but have more efficient immune systems than mice whose mothers were not threatened with infection during pregnancy, according to new research from the …

The future of telecommunications has come one step closer thanks to the ROCKET project, funded under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The project aims to provide a wireless solution that will increase bandwidth availability for …

The MBR (Membrane bioreactor) Network will hold a workshop on 'Salient outcomes of European projects on MBR technology' from 31 March to 1 April 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The workshop marks the completion of two projects which were …

The European Future Emerging Technologies (FET 09) conference is being organised by the Future and emerging technologies research scheme of the European Commission, the Czech Technical University and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic …

The University of Copenhagen will host an international scientific congress on climate change under the heading 'Climate change: global risks, challenges and decisions' from 10 to 12 March 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event is …

A workshop on extending database technology for life sciences will be held on 23 March 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia. With the rapid advances in information technology in recent years, life sciences research has been boosted to a new level. …

AGSME 2009 (Alliance for Global Sustainability - Mission Earth), an international workshop on modelling and global sustainability, will be held on 26 January 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. The event aims to bring together tool developers and global …

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is organising the conference 'Pioneers 09' on 4 March 2009 in London, UK. Composed of seminars, keynote talks and an exhibition, Pioneers 09 will focus on the importance of …

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) will offer a course on 'MicroRNA profiling: from in-situ hybridisation to new-generation sequencing' from 18 to 24 April 2009 in Heidelberg, Germany. The course will start with a …

The European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS) will be held from 22 to 29 March 2009 in York, UK. The event is the primary European forum for academic and industrial researchers working on topics relating to software …

The Student Summit for Sustainability (S3), the 2009 annual meeting of the World Student Community for Sustainable Development, will be held from 25 January to 1 February 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. S3 aims to give its participants a better …

The European Science Foundation (ESF) and Linköping University are jointly organising a conference on 'Post-crisis states transformation: rethinking the foundation of the state' from 1 to 5 May 2009 in Linköping, …

The final conference of the EU-funded AquaTerra project will take place from 25 to 27 March 2009 in Tübingen, Germany. The objective is to discuss the state of knowledge gained during the five-year duration of the project, which studied the …

The fifth World Water Forum entitled, 'Bridging Divides for Water', will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 16 to 22 March 2009. The World Water Forum is organised every three years by the World Water Council. The aims are to raise the …

In a recent experiment, a completely blind patient navigated a complicated obstacle course flawlessly, providing researchers with an opportunity to assess just what kind of 'sight' is possible without a functioning visual cortex. The …

A new family tree of proteas (commonly known as sugarbushes) reveals that new species of these plants are appearing three times faster in biodiversity hotspots in Australia and South Africa than in the rest of the world. The findings, published …

The EU-funded project CASAGRAS ('Coordination and support action for global RFID-related activities and standardisation') aims to provide a framework of foundation studies to assist the European Commission and the global community in …

The 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be held from 12 to 16 February 2009 in Chicago, USA. The theme of this year's meeting is 'Our planet and its life: origins and futures'. …

A course dedicated to the link between child health and the environment is scheduled to take place from 23 to 27 March 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. The objective of the course is to provide state-of-the-art knowledge about the environmental threats …