EU deadlock over GM corn continues
Brussels, 29 Jun 2004 Following the EU regulatory experts' failure, on 16 June, to agree on whether to allow Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) corn to be used in processed food in Europe, EU...
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Satellites map volcanic home of Africa's endangered gorillas
Paris, 29 Jun 2004 Conservation workers have had their first look at satellite-derived map products that show a remote habitat of endangered African mountain gorillas in unprecedented detail....
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Cassini-Huygens due to arrive at Saturn
Paris, 29 Jun 2004 The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is due to arrive at Saturn on 1 July 2004. This will mark the end of the spacecraft's journey through the Solar System and the beginning...
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Students questioned over exam paper theft The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said yesterday that the number of A-level papers stolen from Harrow Park Tutorial College earlier this...
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EU Council Fails to Reach Agreement on GM Maize NK603
Washington, 28 Jun 2004 European Environment ministers today failed to reach an agreement in favor of or against the Commission's proposal to authorize the import and processing of the genetically...
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EU project sees vets and doctors joining forces against zoonoses
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 A new Network of Excellence, MED-VET-NET, funded under the 'Food quality and safety' thematic priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will, for the first time ever,...
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IAEA looks to the future following 50 years of nuclear power
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 Exactly half a century after a nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union became the first to be connected to a national electricity grid, the International Atomic Energy...
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World class brain research centre to open in Wales
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 UK Science and Innovation Minister Lord Sainsbury has announced a 12 million euro grant to build a new research centre in Wales to benefit people with brain damage and...
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Meeting to present results of the ECOEHIS pilot study - aimed at defining EU-wide environmental health indicators
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 The results of a pilot study aimed at defining environmental health indicators to be used throughout the EU will be presented at a meeting of the EU funded ECOEHIS project in...
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U.S.-EU Summit: Agreement on GPS-Galileo Cooperation - U.S. Fact Sheet on Satellite Navigation Services
Shannon, Ireland, 26 June 2004 Today, the United States and the European Union reached an agreement covering their satellite navigation services, the U.S. Global Positioning System, and Europe's...
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GALILEO and GPS will navigate side by side: EU and US sign final agreement
Brussels, 28 June 2004 The European Union and the United States concluded an agreement on GALILEO and GPS at the end of the Summit held in Ireland on 26 June 2004. The agreement on the promotion,...
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Symposium on the Inflammatory Basis of Vascular Disease, 3-4 February 2005, London
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 This symposium, organised by the Eric Bywaters Centre for Vascular Inflammation, part of Imperial College London, aims to foster research in cardiovascular science and...
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International Conference on Systems Biology - from Bioscience to Medicine, 9-13 October 2005, Heidelberg, Germany
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 Topics to be covered at this event include the understanding of metabolic and signal transduction systems, bacterial systems biology, methods and software for systems biology,...
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6th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RTD (2002-2006) - Workprogrammes for the call for proposal FP6-2004-TREN-3 for the thematic priorities:
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 Priority 4 Aeronautics and Space Priority 6.1 Sustainable Energy Systems Priority 6.2 Sustainable Surface Transport Energy and Transport DG Item source: http://europa.eu.int/...
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Schools do not prepare students for scientific careers, warns UK academy
Brussels, 28 Jun 2004 School science exams in the UK are failing to prepare young adults for their future careers and studies, the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has warned. The...