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Cracks in Europe's Framework?

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The European Commission is about to submit for approval the next five-year research plan, Framework 5. Research groups who have acted as consultants already complain that the plan does not make needed bureaucratic reforms and neglects basic science. The history and structure of Framework is discussed.

Author: Hellemans, Alexander, Williams, Nigel
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Europe, Science and state, Science policy

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Europe starts search for lone electron

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The European Union launched the Fabrication and Architecture of Single- Electron Memories (FASEM) program, which aims to develop a computer chip by 2015 that uses single electrons to store each bit of information. The $3.7-billion program will involve 8 labs in 5 countries.

Author: Hellemans, Alexander
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Computer storage devices

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Trapped buckyball turns up the amp

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Researchers have created an electro-mechanical amplifier from a single buckyball by using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to change the molecule's resistance. Other molecules may have similar properties.

Author: Hellemans, Alexander
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Usage, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Buckminsterfullerene

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Subjects list: Science and technology policy, European Union, Research, Nanotechnology
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