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• Panel of expert speakers to debate stem cell research.

  - 2008-02-12

  M2 PRESSWIRE-12 February 2008-Canterbury Christ Church University: Panel of expert speakers to debate stem cell research.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12022008 A study day on stem cells is being held at Canterbury Christ Church University on Saturday 12 April. A...

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• Crisp Thinking's Anti-Grooming Technology Achieves 98.4% Accuracy In Independent Testing.

  - 2008-01-14

  M2 PRESSWIRE-14 January 2008-Crisp Thinking: Crisp Thinking's Anti-Grooming Technology Achieves 98.4% Accuracy In Independent TestingC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14012008 Crisp Thinking's online child protection technology has received an accuracy rating of 98.4 percent in detecting Internet grooming' conversations...

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• World briefs: Stephen's statue

  - 2007-12-19

  A STATUE of Stephen Hawking will be unveiled today at the opening of Cambridge University's new Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. Professor Hawking will attend the inauguration of the facility.

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• Science should be 'as exciting as science fiction' says Hawking

  - 2007-09-03

  CAMBRIDGE, England AFP — British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking revealed his desire on Monday to make "real science as exciting as science fiction" as he publicised a new book for children about the cosmos. "It is easier to explain things to children because they have open minds and are eager...

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• buzz, the

  - 2007-08-01

  LITTLEWOOD'S LAW Individuals can expect miracles to happen to them at the rate of about one per month. Coined by Professor John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 - 6 September 1977), a University of Cambridge mathematics expert.

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• Professor Simon Blackburn featured speaker in Annual Gilbert Ryle Lecture Series at Trent University; Annual philosophy department event runs to March 29.

  - 2007-03-28

  M2 PRESSWIRE-28 March 2007-TRENT UNIVERSITY: Professor Simon Blackburn featured speaker in Annual Gilbert Ryle Lecture Series at Trent University; Annual philosophy department event runs to March 29C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032007 Peterborough: Esteemed philosophy professor Simon Blackburn from the University...

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• A measured approach: Professor John Rust talks to Debbie Carter about how psychometrics affects the life of organizations

  - 2007-03-01

  It's difficult to say when the first psychometric tests were used to assess how people might be thinking. We could suggest that the earliest test was taken when early cave-painters asked: "So, what does it look like to you?" Modern testing can probably trace its roots to Fredrick Taylor's...

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• Elsevier Announces the Winner of the First Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences; Professor David Buckingham of Cambridge University awarded for pioneering contributions to the molecular sciences.

  - 2006-10-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 October 2006-Elsevier: Elsevier Announces the Winner of the First Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences; Professor David Buckingham of Cambridge University awarded for pioneering contributions to the molecular sciencesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04102006 Amsterdam - The Chief Editors of...

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• John Robertson Appointed to Advance Nanotech Board of Directors

  - 2006-04-19

  NEW YORK -- Advance Nanotech, Inc., (OTCBB:AVNA), the premier provider of financing and support services to expedite the commercialization of nanotechnology discoveries, today announced that John Robertson has been appointed to the Advance Nanotech board of directors, effective immediately. Robertson assumes the seat vacated by Professor William Milne, who has...

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• Homer sweet Homer.(Three British researchers uncovered the true site of Homer's Ithaca publishing book 'Odysseus Unbound')(Brief Article)

  - 2005-12-01

  Three British researchers believe they have uncovered the true site of Homer's Ithaca, featured in the ancient Greek's epic poems. Management consultant Robert Bittlestone, Professor James Diggle of Cambridge University and Professor John Underhill at Edinburgh have published their findings in a new book Odysseus Unbound....

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