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POSTnote
Water efficiency in the home, March 2000
This POSTnote examines the techniques for increasing domestic water efficiency and discusses the issues raised.
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POSTnote
Technologies for independence in later life, February 2000
This POSTnote explores the technologies currently available to meet the needs of older people and analyses their accessibility to the end-user.
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The ‘Great GM Food Debate’ – a survey of media coverage in the first half of 1999
The research reported here attempts to understand as clearly as possible the part played by the mass media in the Great GM Food Debate.
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POSTnote
Women in science, engineering and technology – an on-line consultation, January 2000
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has recently completed its second on-line consultation, on the subject of women in science, engineering and technology (SET). The exercise aimed to inform the ongoing wider debate about the role of women in SET and to test the effectiveness of an e-mail based on-line consultation. This POST Report considers the topics that arose during the discussion and the issues raised by the method of on-line consultation.
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A New UK Synchrotron, December 1999
This POST Note examines the need for a new UK synchrotron and analyses the issues that arise.
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Health Concerns and the MMR Vaccine, December 1999
A number of recent scientific studies have investigated possible adverse health effects in infants receiving the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine. The studies focus on the question of whether measles-containing vaccines, including MMR, are associated with the onset of intestinal complaints and/or behavioural disorders. This briefing summarises the evidence from such studies and examines the issues that arise.
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The Sun and Space Weather, November 1999
Last August’s total eclipse of the Sun focussed popular attention on solar science . Beyond this transient spectacle, the increasing use of near-Earth space by satellites provides a strong economic incentive for greater knowledge of Sun-Earth interactions. The disruptions these can cause on Earth, could well increase as the next maximum in solar activity approaches.
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Military Use of Satellite Imagery, September 1999
Technological developments are continually improving the resolution of remote sensing from planes and satellites. Such techniques can provide 24-hour global surveillance in all weathers and are thus of crucial importance to national defence and military operations. But despite all the high technology, human operators remain of paramount importance in interpreting the data. This briefing note reviews the technical challenges and other issues facing the UK in maintaining this military ‘high ground’.
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Hormones in Beef, May 1999
Growth promoting hormones have been at the centre of a long running trade dispute between the EU and US.
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Near Earth Objects, April 1999
Recent advances in ground-based, satellite and theo-retical astronomy have proved the Solar System’s dynamism and complexity — in particular, that some of its minor members, called Near Earth Objects may impact the Earth in the future. In the UK, the USA and Australia, parliamentary interest has been stimulated. This report sets the results of recent surveys in context and considers the risks involved.
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Cystic Fibrosis, March 1999
This briefing summarises recent developments in understanding, diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis, and examines the issues that arise.
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Non-food crops;POST note,125
Non-crop foods. POST note 125. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. 1999. (Also available on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/post/home.htm)
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Meningitis, February 1999
This briefing note explains the causes of meningitis, examines the vaccines available and discusses the issues that arise.
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