Romanian Speleology - Resource for information on caves and the study of caves in Romania, including general descriptions of the nation's karst and biospeleology.
Romanian Section of Euroscience - Research, development, and integration with European framework for the scientific and economic community.
Iprochim S.A. - Designing institute offers technical and economic documentation for the development of the chemical industry. Company details, services offered, areas of expertise, contact information.
Romanian Space Agency - Information on space policy and national science, technology, and applications programs.
Romanian Bat Protection Association - A non-profit organization doing research and protection of bats. Includes programs, determinator, and laws.
Dams in Romania - Provides information on different types of dams regarding the height and technical solutions.
ITIM - An academic site providing information to academic education and communication about isotopic and molecular technologies.
Ad Astra - An online project for scientific community online. Includes publications, theses and dissertations, articles and discussions on science and education policies.
Marius Matache - Published papers on water and soil analysis, chemical research and heavy metals pollution.
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-- Anonymous Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art
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-- William Temple In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is
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Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
-- Anonymous Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
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-- Benjamin Tillett Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about
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Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique
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- Bertrand Russell
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton I still live.
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-- Martin Luther King, Jr. Science and Environment
In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose
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-- Clarence Darrow Science and Environment "Ninety percent of my salary I spent on booze and women ... and the other ten percent I wasted." (Tug McGraw, Major League Baseball pitcher) "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them." (Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance) Life is not an easy matter.... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism
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Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no
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-- Tom Stoppard "This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." (Euripides) I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
-- Dorothy Parker Science and Environment
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Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong
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-- Seen on a bumper sticker As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
-- Abraham Lincoln Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
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not a conservative, has no brains.
- Sir Winston Churchill Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind
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