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CNCSIS are nevoie de evaluatori din strainatate
Stimati colegi, Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice din Invatamantul Superior (CNCSIS), lanseaza procesul de evaluare a propunerilor de grant pentru competitia din anul 2006. Este in beneficiul comunitatii stiintifice romanesti ca in urma procesului de evaluare peer-review proiectele de cercetare cele mai bune sa fie finantate. CNCSIS doreste o implicare puternica a membrilor comunitatii stiintifice romanesti din strainatate. Multumim celor
Read moreCREST (an organism of the European Commission) has published a report on Romanian R&D
As part of the policy mix peer review process instigated by CREST during the second cycle of the Open Method of Coordination, a review team comprised of representatives of EU Member States, the European Commission and an independent consultant visited Romania on June 16th-17th 2005. During this period, Rolanda Predescu, the Romanian representative on the Policy Mix Expert Group, arranged interviews with a variety of stakeholders in the Romanian R&D
Read moreXenia Protopopescu has pinpointed for the first time an area of the brain involved in a woman’s menstrual cycle
For the first time, scientists have pinpointed an area of the brain involved in a woman's menstrual cycle. The research, reported online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows contrasts in activity over the course of a month and provides a baseline for understanding the emotional and behavioral changes that 75 percent of all women report experiencing before, during and after their period. For any woman who has found
Read moreThe Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics is proposed Nominee for the European IST Grand Prize
The Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics is proposed Nominee for the European IST Grand Prize Independent experts from Euro-CASE have proposed 20 "Nominees for the European IST Grand Prize" to the European Commission. The European Information Society Technologies Prize is the most distinguished award for groundbreaking products that represent the best of European innovation in Information Society Technologies. It is organised by Euro-CASE*
Read moreAlbert Barabasi featured in Nature
Walking through New York City during his years as a postdoc, Albert-László Barabási was intrigued not by the glitz and glamour, but by the notion of the invisible networks of cables and pipes necessary for modern life. Given that he trained as an engineer in Bucharest, Romania, such thoughts were not unusual for the Hungarian native. http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2005/050915/full/nj7057-448a.html
Read moreDaniela Rus’ work on modular robotics mentioned in Wired
Daniela Rus, an associate professor at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or CSAIL, demonstrated the modular, self-configuring molecule robot that can change shapes to get into tight spaces. "You could use a bunch of them to plug a hole in a levee," she said, referencing the Hurricane Katrina disaster. "Or if it has to go through a tunnel, you could squeeze through like a snake." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68910,00.html
Read moreLucian Boia’s book „The Weather in the Imagination” reviewed in Nature
Lucian Boia's book "The Weather in the Imagination" is reviewed in the journal Nature by Julian Hunt from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University College London. The review titled "A climate for social change" appeared in the latest issue of the journal (September 15; Volume 437 Number 7057 pp295-450)
Read moreProductivitatea cercetarii biomedicale din Romania fata de alte tari
Un articol recent din British Medical Journal. Statisticile relevante se gasesc in tabelul http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7510/192/TBL1
Read moreSimpozion despre Biserica si Stat in Europa de Est
Church and State in post-communist Eastern Europe Iasi, Romania, 5-8 October 2005 Organizers: Centre for Post-Communist Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada The Metropolitanate of Moldavia and Bukovina, Romania Tuesday, OCTOBER 4 Arrival of participants Wednesday, OCTOBER 5 8:00-9:15 Breakfast 9:30-10:00 - Welcome and opening address by Metropolitan Daniel Ciobotea 10:00-12:00 Session 1: South Eastern Europe Davorin Peterlin (Keston Institute,
Read moreScientific Council of the European Research Council announced
The European Commission has announced the list of the 22 members of the scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) on July 18, 2005. The 22 scientists were chosen by an independant panel of high-level scientists, chaired by Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Universities. Following the European Commission's FP 7 proposal of April 6, 2005, the ERC will be a funding organisation for frontier research.
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