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Bern, 20. The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) today published a report on Switzerland's involvement in the eighth European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020; 2014-2020).

The National Institute of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have renewed a $20 million grant for the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) to cont

New figures from BBC News and the University of Nottingham reveal that the extent of caring by children is much higher than had been thought, with 22% of children, who responded to a questionnaire, admitting to being young carers.

Screen industries based in and around the Welsh capital are set to benefit from new research and development opportunities.

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Women in the Republic of Ireland could still be denied abortions because doctors fear lengthy jail terms or refuse to terminate pregnancies because they object on principle - according to a new position paper.

A national online energy data management system is transforming how energy retrofit projects implemented by a wide variety of users - including local, state, and federal governments - develop projects and track performance.

Can a river have rights' If so, how does it claim these? These are two of the questions being addressed in a new cross Atlantic research project between academics and non-governmental organisations in the UK and Colombia.

Queensland parents will continue to have free access to the Triple P - Positive Parenting Program developed at The University of Queensland until 2020, following an $11.95 million commitment from the State Government.

The University of Birmingham has been awarded a slice of £5.5 million funding for a project to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering and physical sciences.

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The pressures that come with being a self-employed courier or taxi driver may significantly increase the risk of being involved in a collision, a new report by UCL finds. The majority of those surveyed - 63 per cent - are not provided with safety training on managing risks on the road. Sixty-five per cent said that they are not given any safety equipment such as a high visibility vest and over 70 per cent resort to providing their own.

President Donald Trump has acted to diminish the Iranian Islamic regime over its nuclear program, missile industry and regional influence.

For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark surface of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an anti-submarine patrol.

PA 172/18 Tobacco content remains common on UK prime time TV, occurring in a third of all programmes, despite advertising and broadcasting regulations designed to protect children from this kind of exposure, a study led by The University of Nottingham has revealed.

Denise Heady Members of the UCLA urology department have received $9.3 million of funding from the state of California to help combat the financial burden of cancer treatment for men diagnosed with prostate cancer, one of the most common cancers in American men.