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Iran to launch manned shuttle by 2019
Research Day Worldwide

29-07-2010

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Iran plans to launch its first manned space mission by 2019, Iranian Press TV news agency reports.

Medvedev signs laws on education and S&T policy
Research Day Worldwide

29-07-2010

Russian president Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has signed laws on higher and postgraduate professional education and on state science and technology policy.

BIS announces priorities for the next parliament
Research Day UK

29-07-2010

The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has laid out its aims for the next parliament in a ‘structural reform plan’, which is required of every government department.

 

Better patenting boosts climate change technologies, says EPO
Research Day Europe

28-07-2010

Providing proper patents and increasing international collaboration will be crucial to combating climate change and global warming, according to Benôit Battistelli, the president of the European Patent Office.

Spain steps up science communication over fears of public backlash
Research Day Europe

28-07-2010

Spain is stepping up funding for science communication in a bid to whip up support for the country’s increases in research spending.

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