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Citizens initiatives
spark evidence debate
Science groups split on proposal to vet initiatives
Some scientific leaders have proposed that European
Citizens Initiatives be vetted to ensure that they are
consistent with the available scientific evidence before
they are presented to the publicbut others have said
that this would defeat their democratic purpose.
The European Commission is required to consider
addressing any ECI that attracts 1 million signatures,
including several thousand names from each of seven
EU member states. It is carrying out a review of the ECI
process that is due to be completed in 2015.
Some science groups are alarmed that several successful ECIsincluding one that opposes EU funding
for embryonic stem cell research and another that
would ban animal experimentation where an alternative is possibleare implicitly hostile to science. An
early review of each ECI proposal ensures that it is consistent with the values of the EU, and some lobbyists
want the review to ensure that the proposal is consistent with the available scientific evidence as well.
The latest ECI to be registered, Stop Vivisection, has
drawn criticism from scientists for what they regard as
its one-sided viewpoint. According to Emma Sanchez,
a press officer for the European Animal Research
Association, the wording of the ECI ignores the proven
role of animal testing in medical research.
Kurt Deketelaere, the secretary-general of Leru, the
League of European Research Universities, claims that
groups are abusing the ECI system by putting forward misleading and demagogic proposals because
there is no requirement for them to look at their ECIs
from a scientific viewpoint.
Leru is pushing for more scientific evidence to be
included in ECI proposals. Deketelaere, who is already
in talks with the European Parliament about ECI
reform, has called for proposals to be vetted for scientific accuracy before they are published for members
of the public to sign. Although we are in favour of the
ECIs as a policy tool, we are seeing a number of propo
sals popping up with very worrying content, he says.
But other science groups have questioned whether such vetting is consistent with the idea of giving
citizens a voice through ECIs. Peter Tindemans, the
by Cristina Gallardo
cgnews@ResearchResearch.com
secretary-general of Euroscience, a grass-roots scientists group, says it would be wrong to make ECI
success contingent on scientific merit.
Science is full of uncertainties, he says. There
should not be a gate at the beginning of the process
whereby science says what is fine or not. It is the right
of citizens to come up with their opinions.
Tindemans is backed by Carsten Berg, the coordinator of the ECI Campaign, which aims to make the
process easier. The ECI is not an element of direct
democracy, but participatory democracy, Berg says.
It is about having a debate, and it is legitimate to have
a discussion on stem cell research or animal testing.
ECIs were introduced in 2012 as part of the Lisbon
Treaty, to give European citizens more of a say in what
the EU should do and which problems it should address.
More than 20 initiatives have been registered, covering
issues such as media freedom and quality of education.
So far, none of the ECIs intended to change scientific practice has led to policy change. Stop Vivisection,
the Right2Water campaign for cheap drinking water
and the One of Us movement against stem cell research
are the first three ECIs to have been registered and to
have collected enough signatures. Once ECIs have
completed these steps, the Commission holds hearings at the Parliament to see whether it can develop
policy proposals for them. One of Us was rejected after
its hearing, as stem cell regulation in the EU had only
just been revised.
If the Commission does decide to overhaul the
process, it could opt for less restrictive options such
as offering more advice to citizens
about what makes an initiative senEvery new opportunity
sible and practical, says Luis Bouza,
for research funding
a constitution scholar at the College
from every sponsor in
of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.
the EU, US & beyond
Restricting ECIs by favouring science
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would be difficult to accept, Bouza
says. Citizens are not scientists, and
Direct from Brussels
can have different opinions.
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elsewhere
The landing is one experiment out of the
whole suite on Rosetta and was always
meant to be a bonus.
Colin Snodgrass, coordinator of the Rosetta
missions ground-based observations, says
the early loss of the Philae lander is just
a small setback in a much bigger project.
Horizon Magazine, 17/11/14.
I know some of you are worried about the
impact on the research and infrastructure
allocationsbut this is not the case.
European Commission president Jean-Claude
Juncker tries to appease researchers after designating 2.7bn in Horizon 2020 funding to
his European Fund for Strategic Investments.
Horizon 2020 Projects, 26/11/14.
We must simply be more innovative than
our competitors.
Ulrich Grillo, the president of the Federation
of German Industries, is straightforward
when explaining a government strategy to
support trade unions and manufacturing.
EurActiv, 26/11/14.
Each migration is also about where people are well and where they are better off.
Social scientist Caroline Hornstein-Tomic
from the Ivo Pilar Institute in Zagreb says
that brain drain can be tackled by the introduction of wide-ranging improvements in
wellbeing. Euroscientist, 26/11/14.
The government should act as a customer.
David Connell, a fellow at the University of
Cambridges Judge business school, says the
UK government needs to demand innovation
and R&D from public spending. Financial
Times, 24/11/14.
A mono-education is no longer sufficient
for success in professional life.
The president of the Technical University
of Berlin, Christian Thomsen, says students
need interdisciplinary science training that
offers exposure to other topics. Science
Business, 26/11/14.
We need global management of Iter.
The Iter fusion projects incoming directorgeneral Bernard Bigot says the organisation
needs a centralised responsibility system to
rein in cost overruns. Nature, 21/11/14.
decade
Were talking about a
Plan Z here.
Antonia Mochan, spokeswoman for
research commissioner Janez Potocnik,
says that talk about the EU going it alone
on the Iter fusion reactor is nonsense.
Research Europe, 2 December 2004
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whats going on
Investment trust for competitiveness planned
The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have agreed
on a plan for an investment trust to raise money from pension funds and other private investors.
The fund, subject to the approval of member states, would be used to pay for projects to boost
competitiveness in education, research and industry.
BRICs missing out on Horizon 2020
The participation of countries from outside the EU has fallen at the start of Horizon 2020,
compared with the end of Framework 7, because of the exclusion of the BRIC states from
automatic funding, an EU official has confirmed. Speaking at the European Innovation Summit
on 18November, the official said that researchers in Brazil, Russia, India and China had
struggled to find funds to cover the costs of their participation.
Group proposes open advisory system
A pro-transparency lobby group has called on the European Commission to more clearly define
the responsibilities of its scientific advisers. On 18 November, in the wake of Anne Glovers
departure as the chief scientific adviser to the Commissions president, the Corporate Europe
Observatory published a set of principles on how to organise scientific advice. It said that
scientific advice should be drawn from a diverse range of sources, especially on controversial or
uncertain subjects.
Pledge for more openness on EU-US trade deal
The European Commission has said it will publish more documents than previously planned
about the negotiations for the agreement of free trade between the EU and the United States. In
a statement released on 25 November, the Commission said that this decision had been taken to
increase citizens trust in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which is aimed at
creating the biggest free-trade area in the world.
Call for dietary studies
A better scientific framework is needed to improve targets for healthy eating, according to a
report by the European Commission. On 27 November, the Commissions Joint Research Centre
published a foresight report called Tomorrows Healthy SocietyResearch priorities for foods and
diets. This calls for more scientific evidence to be used to create EU-wide dietary targets.
UK fourth in entrepreneurship ranking
The UK has climbed to fourth position in the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Index, making it the
top-performing EU member state. The fifth edition of the index, which measures entrepreneurial
systems in 130 countries, was published on 20 November. In the latest figures, the UK has
climbed five places to rank behind only the United States, Canada and Australia. Sweden and
Denmark are the next-highest EU member states, at fifth and sixth respectively.
French nuclear chief to run Iter
Bernard Bigot, the administrator of the CEA, Frances atomic energy commission, has been
named as the next director of the Iter international fusion project. Bigot, who has been
appointed to run the 13-billion project for the next 5 years, will replace Japans Osamu
Motojima, who was criticised in an external management review earlier this year.
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by Safya Khan-Ruf
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by Cristina Gallardo
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Dsol, docteur
PhD students are sought after in most European countries, but in France they play
second fiddle to their peers from the grandes coles, as Safya Khan-Ruf reports.
Professors in France are often unsure whether to congratulate or console their freshly graduated doctoral
students. French PhD holders are three times more likely
to be unemployed than those in other OECD countries,
and the government and industry consistently fail to
understand what PhD holders have to offer. Graduation
day can mark the start of a life of uncertainty.
There are two systems of higher education in France.
Most students go to universities, which accept all who
pass their baccalaureate. But the brightest students
spend 2 years preparing for highly competitive exams to
enter the grandes coles, or elite schools. Dating back
to the French Revolution and designed to enrol the best
students into specific professions, the grandes coles are
where employers hand-pick top graduates and pay them
higher salaries than PhD graduates in similar positions.
Grandes coles have a very good reputation, says
Ramesh Caussy, head of Partnering 3.0, a French innovation start-up. They have the support of large companies,
allowing them to understand industrial realities.
The schools have powerful industry networks that fasttrack their graduates into the best jobs, and the boards
of French companies are filled with grandes coles graduates. As a result, PhD holders struggle to get hired by
industry as there are few of their peers there.
Philippe Gambette, a lecturer at Universit Paris-Est
Marne-la-Valle, describes industrys attitude towards
grandes coles graduates as homophily: the tendency
to prefer people similar to oneself. These people dont
have a PhD themselves and dont know what a PhD will
bring them or why its competitive, he says.
But there are also problems with French PhD education and its reputation for disconnecting students
from reality and the practical applications of research.
Catherine Gayda, a spokesperson for the
Association Bernard-Gregory, which
helps PhD holders find employment in
industry, says: They are bathed in an
academic universe and the classic career
for them is teaching and research.
Unfortunately, the 12,000 PhD
graduates every year are competing for
only about 2,000free roles in academia
that allow them to focus on their area
of expertise at research organisations
such as the CNRS. Alison Wolf, a lecturer
at Kings College London and a former
Grandes
coles have
the support of
companies and
understand
industrial
realities.
adviser to the French education ministry, says: The reality is that most employers want clever, well-educated
people and not incredibly specific skills.
Universities have responded by increasing the use of
workshops to prepare doctoral students for life outside
academia and international careers beyond France. But
even international firms that seek PhD graduates in different countries are often reluctant to hire them from
France if they can get grandes coles graduates instead.
They see universities as accepting people who didnt
make it into grandes coles, says Caussy. University
professors do not spend time in industry, so employers
wonder who is going to train these students for it.
Frances government is aware that the countrys PhD
students are struggling, but has so far done little about
it. There are no national laws on how PhDs should be
recognised, and each government department makes its
own rules on how to promote PhD employment.
This year, the government rejected a proposal to allow
PhD holders to apply directly to the cole Nationale
dAdministration, which holds a near monopoly over
the most prestigious positions in the civil service. This
demonstrates the governments lack of understanding
of what a PhD is, argues Ludovic Garattini, the president
of Eurodoc, a lobbying group for doctoral researchers.
There is strong lobbying in favour of the grandes coles,
he adds.
PhD holders are as underrepresented in government as
they are in industry. A report published this year showed
that only 1.8 per cent of people in Frances civil service
outside research and higher education held a PhD, compared with at least 20 per cent in other OECD countries.
Patrick Lemaire, who led a researcher protest against
budget cuts in October, says: A lot of the issues come
from the fact that there is very poor scientific training
among elected representatives.
One measure introduced by the government to increase
the number of PhD holders in industry is a tax incentive to
hire them. Despite this, the percentage of researchers with
a PhD when hired by industry has declined.
The number of people in France graduating with PhDs
is increasing year on year, mainly because of a rise in
international PhD candidates, who made up 40 per cent
of PhD students in 2014. But unless the government
does more to boost their recognition, their employment
and identity crisis will only get worse.
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funding opportunities
Research Europe
4 December 2014
highlights
Trade evaluation services
The Directorate-General
for Trade invites tenders for
evaluation services. The
contract has an estimated
value of 4 million [8].
Radicalisation prevention
The Directorate-General
for Home Affairs invites
proposals for preventing
radicalisation to terrorism
and violent extremism. The
budget is 3 million [12].
Crime prevention
The Directorate-General
for Home affairs invites
proposals for projects on
economic and financial
crime, corruption and
environmental crime. The
budget is 6.2 million [13].
Environmental policy
The European Environment
Agency invites tenders
for expert assistance
with indicators, analysis,
assessments and policy
evaluation in support of
the 7th environmental
action programme. The
contract is worth an
estimated 1million [18].
Animal health
Animal Health and Welfare
ERA-Net invites applications for its transnational call. This supports
research into animal
health and welfare in the
areas of disease control
and surveillance, and
production diseases. The
budget is approximately
10million [25].
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Industrial ecology master's
The University of Graz invites applications
for the MIND industrial ecology master's
scholarships. These offer an international
and interdisciplinary master's programme
which allows participants to make a contribution to understanding and proposing
solutions to problems to support the transition towards a sustainable society. The
scholarships cover all participation costs,
7,000 for travel and installation costs
and up to 1,000 as a monthly allowance.
Web id: 1170663
Email: emmind@uni-graz.at
Deadline: 15 January 2015 [1]
Anaesthesiology grants
The European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists invites applications for the following opportunities:
clinical fellowships, worth 10,000,
to be matched by the host department.
Web id: 1161568
research grants, worth up to 30,000
per year in total. Web id: 202178
Email: eacta@vereint.com
Deadline: 31 October 2015 [4]
EU finances research
The Directorate-General for Budget
invites tenders for a study on the potential
and limitations of reforming the financing of the EU budget. The study should
examine legal, economic, institutional
and political aspects of the EU budget's
revenue system.
Web id: 1182754
Email: budg-task-force@ec.europa.eu
Deadline: 23 December 2014 [5]
10 funding opportunities
ments. The contract has an estimated
value of 4 million over four years.
Web id: 1182817
Email: trade-contracts@ec.europa.eu
Deadline: 16 January 2015 [8]
EU language testing
The Directorate-General for Education
and Culture invites tenders for a study
on comparability of language testing in
Europe. The contract has an estimated
value of 250,000 over five months.
Web id: 1182891
Email: eac-language-testing-call-2014@
ec.europa.eu
Deadline: 21 January 2015 [9]
EU radicalisation prevention
The Directorate-General for Home Affairs
invites proposals for preventing radicalisation to terrorism and violent extremism.
Funding supports actions to prevent
recruitment of radicalised individuals
and to develop exit programmes enabling
them to disengage, reject violence and
rehabilitate. The budget is 3 million.
Web id: 1182825
Email: home-isf@ec.europa.eu
Deadline: 29 January 2015 [12]
EU crime prevention
The Directorate-General for Home affairs
invites proposals for projects on economic and financial crime, corruption
and environmental crime. Funding supports actions addressing internal security challenges such as crime prevention,
terrorism and enhancement of member
state and Union capacity for managing
security related risks. The total budget
is 6.2 million.
Web id: 1182831
Email: home-ifs@ec.europa.eu
Deadline: 30 January 2015 [13]
Chemical research
The European Chemical Industry Council invites proposals for the following
opportunities:
aquatic community level assessment
of chemical toxicity using ecological
scenarios, with overall funding worth up
to 300,000. Web id: 1182969
biokinetics and long-term effects of
inhaled nanoparticles, with overal funding worth up to 280,000.
Web id: 1182967
external validation of tier-1 workers
dermal exposure estimates, with funding
worth up to 100,000. Web id: 1182966
Email: lri@cefic.be
Deadline: 31 January 2015 [16]
Anaesthesiology exchange
The European Society of Anaesthesiology invites applications for its trainee
exchange programme. This enables Euro-
EU environmental policy
The European Environment Agency invites
tenders for expert assistance with indicators, analysis, assessments and policy
evaluation in support of the 7th environmental action programme. The aim
is to establish a framework service contract with one provider or a consortium.
The estimated value of the contract is
1million.
Web id: 1182853
Email: procurement@eea.europa.eu
Deadline: 5 January 2015 [18]
EU telecommunications
EUREKA invites proposals for its CelticPlus call. This supports projects on the
following themes: get connected; while
connected; future internet relations;
green-internet relations. The average
budget available for a consortium ranges
from 1million to 70m.
Web id: 1158474
Email: office@celticplus.eu
Deadline: 10 February 2015 [24]
EU animal health
Animal Health and Welfare ERA-Net
invites applications for its transnational
call for research proposals. This supports
research into animal health and welfare in
the following areas: disease control and
surveillance; production diseases. The
total budget is approximately 10million.
Web id: 1169779
Email: ptj-anihwa@fz-juelich.de
Deadline: 12 February 2015 [25]
Erasmus scholarships
EU integrated bioenergy
Neuropsychopharmacology
Humanities innovation
The VolkswagenStiftung invites applications for its Original - Isn't it? funding
opportunity. This encourages scholars
in the humanities and cultural studies
to embark on projects of groundbreaking originality. Funding is worth up to
150,000 over one year to 18 months.
Web id: 1182471
Email: szoelloesi@volkswagenstiftung.
de
Deadline: 12 May 2015 [28]
German professorships
The VolkswagenStiftung invites applications for its Lichtenberg professorships.
These offers young researchers a tenure
track option at a German university of
their choice and an opportunity to implement new teaching concepts and carry out
independent research in highly innovative areas at the interface of disciplines.
Funding is worth between 800,000 and
1.5 million per professorship for a period
of five years.
Web id: 174577
Email: fliess@volkswagenstiftung.de
Deadline: 2 June 2015 [29]
Research in Germany
The Volkswagen Stiftung invites applications for the Freigeist fellowships. These
support young researchers wishing to
develop an individual research profile
early in their career. Fellowships are
worth up to 1 million.
Web id: 1180470
Deadline: 15 October 2015 [30]
Chiropractic awards
The European Chiropractors' Union invites
applications for its postgraduate education programmes. These enable graduates
to pursue research in an academic setting
within the field of chiropractic. Bursaries
are worth up to 5,000 each.
Web id: 208412
Email: s.m.rubinstein@vu.nl
Deadline: 1 February 2015 [35]
The Gino Galletti Foundation invites applications for its neuroscience prize. This
recognises contributions to research in
neurodegenerative pathologies leading
to dementia. The prize is worth 10,000.
Web id: 250978
Email: fiorenzo.albani@fonsazioneginogalletti.it
Deadline: 30 June 2015 [31]
Neuroscience prize
funding opportunities 11
Arctic exploration
Gynaecologic oncology
Disability aids
The Promobilia Foundation invites applications for its research and development grants. These support research and
development of technical aids and ensure
they get into production so that disabled
people can benefit from a more active
life. Grants are worth up to SEK500,000
(54,000).
Web id: 259398
Email: info@promobilia.se
Deadline: 27 March 2015 [40]
Respiratory awards
The European Respiratory Society and
InterMune invite applications for their
research award in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. This recognises a young
investigator for advances and successful
research in the area of respiratory medicine with focus on idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis. The award is worth 10,000.
Web id: 1165878
Email: scientific@ersnet.org
Deadline: 28 February 2015 [41]
Doctoral programme
The European Organization for Nuclear
Research invites applications for its doctoral student programme. This enables
postgraduate students to get practical
training and to prepare a doctoral thesis in applied physics, engineering or
computing. The programme provides a
monthly living allowance, insurance and
a lump sum for travel.
Web id: 259952
Deadline: 28 April 2015 [42]
Pathology fellowships
The World Association of Societies of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
invites applications for the Gordon Signy
fellowships. These enable young pathologists, particularly from developing countries, to travel to another country to
learn laboratory techniques which will
be of advantage when they return home.
Fellowships are worth CA$5,000 (3,600).
Web id: 1180063
Email: madeleine.luetzelschwab@usb.ch
Deadline: 30 June 2015 [43]
Bibliography awards
Natural sciences
The Gen Foundation invites applications
for its grants. These support students or
researchers undertaking research in natural sciences, particularly food sciences
and technology. Previous grants have
ranged between 500 (600) and 5,000.
Web id: 208697
Email: info@genfoundation.org.uk
Deadline: 27 February 2015 [52]
Psychology prize
Scholar programme
ESRC/DFID poverty
The Economic and Social Research Council
and the Department for International
Development invite proposals for their
joint fund for poverty alleviation research
outline call. This aims to provide a
more robust conceptual and empirical
basis for development and to enhance
the quality and impact of social science
research on poverty reduction. Proposals range between 100,000 (126,100)
and 500,000.
Web id: 1176565
Email: dfid@esrc.ac.uk
Deadline: 22 January 2015 [49]
Applied microbiology 1
Applied microbiology 2
The Society for Applied Microbiology
invites applications for its new lecturer research grant. This enables newly
appointed lecturers to conduct microbiological research. The grant is worth up to
10,000 (12,600).
Web id: 1160310
Deadline: 30 September 2015 [55]
Diabetes fellowship
Diabetes UK invites applications for the
Sir George Alberti research training fellowship. This enables graduate healthcare
professionals to work towards a PhD or MD
rest of world
Law school visiting scholars
The York University, under the Osgoode
Hall Law School, invites applications
for its visiting scholars programme. This
enables professors of law or practitioners to visit the Osgoode Hall Law School
in Canada and work on their research,
teach a course, collaborate with faculty
members or contribute to the research
and academic life at the school. A salary
or other financial payments are only available to visitors teaching a course.
Web id: 1181929
Deadline: 28 February 2015 [60]
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tenders
Physics research *ESA
The European Space Agency invites tenders for model and experimental validation of spacecraft-thruster interactions
for electric propulsion thruster plumes.
The tenderer will identify and master
the key physical processes governing
electron cooling and electric field buildup downstream the thruster in the far
field and around the satellite surfaces
with their own potentials. The contract
is worth up to 500,000. Ref: 14.123.07.
Deadline: 22 December 2014
usa
policy diary
December
8 JRC Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and
Enterprise Dynamics,
Paris, France. To 9.
http://rsrch.co/11e45FK
9 Brokerage day for Horizon 2020
ICT Call on Robotics,
Brussels, Belgium.
http://rsrch.co/1u21Vo2
10 SET Plan Conference 2014,
Rome, Italy. To 11.
http://rsrch.co/1pBhroF
12 Horizon 2020 Infoday: Energy
Efficiency, Brussels, Belgium.
http://rsrch.co/1txsPPt
17 Horizon 2020 Infoday: ICT Calls,
Brussels, Belgium.
http://rsrch.co/10Rc4It
January
9 Horizon 2020 Infoday: Fast
Track to Innovation Pilot,
Brussels, Belgium.
http://rsrch.co/1u2QpKy
27 High-level Conference on European Space Policy,
Brussels, Belgium. To 28.
http://rsrch.co/1s9jn7r
February
2 Horizon 2020 Infoday: Societal
Challenge 4, Transport.
Brussels, Belgium.
http://rsrch.co/1mhlno9
26 JRC Workshop on New Narratives for Innovation,
Brussels, Belgium. To 27.
http://rsrch.co/1s9p8Ce
March
2 EU Science: Global Challenges,
Global Collaboration,
Brussels, Belgium. To 6.
http://rsrch.co/VNAkYF
10 2015 ITEA-ARTEMIS Co-summit,
Berlin, Germany. To 11.
http://rsrch.co/1ytA2ry
25 Net Futures 2015,
Brussels, Belgium. To 26.
http://rsrch.co/1ElrIIX
April
16 European University Association Annual Conference 2015,
Antwerp, Belgium. To 17.
http://rsrch.co/10f5s5e
28 Earto and Eirma Annual Conference 2015, Luxembourg. To 29.
http://rsrch.co/1zMOtsn
June
24 Association of European
Research Libraries Annual
Conference, London, UK. To 26.
http://rsrch.co/1nj77SM
September
7 Academia Europaea 27th Annual Conference 2015,
Darmstadt, Germany. To 10.
http://rsrch.co/1EOEt1C
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will build a module that gives the crew compartment propulsion, power and life support. The module is scheduled
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to the space agency, the cells inside its flash memory may
have worn out with age, and are causing Opportunity to
reboot all the time, interfering with its experiments. NASA
has decided to reformat its systems next month, so that it
wont rely on fading flash memory ever again.
Immobility A remarkable 75 per cent of university professors in Spain obtained their positions at the very same
institution where they studied, according to a report
written by the Spanish government and leaked to the
daily newspaper El Pas. The report provides data to back
up a long-discussed problem in the country: the lack of
open competition in recruitment processes. Many academics also told the newspaper that they feared that
spending time abroad would hurt, rather than help, their
prospects of ever finding a permanent position at home.
Cheap and cheerful PhD student Adam Lynch of Brunel
University in London came to prominence last month after
managing to build the equivalent of a 100,000 microscope for less than 200. He discovered he could make an
inverted microscope to study cells using a USB-powered
digital microscope, a new lamp and a little bespoke software. As a proper next-generation scientist he didnt even
patent the idea, on the basis that science should be open
source. Biology labs across Europe will surely be delighted. Technology transfer offices, rather less so.
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