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UUK chief warns of overseas threat to colleges Ivor Crewe, president of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of Essex University, described Britain as "the silver medallists in the higher education...
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EU Research offers new opportunities for SMEs in enlarged Europe
Brussels, 13 July 2004 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the vast majority of businesses in Europe and can play a key role in boosting enlarged Europe’s competitiveness if they become...
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Proposed Council Decision on the signing of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (link)
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt Full...
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Slowly but surely Descartes Prize is helping to improve the profile of European research, says Gerold
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 At a gala evening in Brussels on 12 July to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the EU Descartes Prize for scientific excellence, Dr Rainer Gerold, Director of the science and...
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Chancellor delivers UK science boost, but chooses to fall short of Barcelona target
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 As part of his comprehensive spending review published on 12 July, the UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has promised an extra 1 billion GBP (1.5 billion euro) in government funding...
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CASCADE NoE targets a better understanding of chemical contaminants in food
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 The CASCADE (chemicals as contaminants in the food chain) Network of Excellence, established in February 2004 under the Food quality and safety priority of the Sixth Framework...
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Study on the competitiveness of the European ICT industry - prior information
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 The European Commission's Enterprise DG intends to publish a call for tenders in September 2004 relating to a study on the competitiveness of the European information and...
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International conference on Paleoceanography, France
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 An international conference on Paleoceanography will be held in Biarritz, France, from 5 to 10 September. The conference will be divided into five themes covering topics such as...
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Satellite navigation - Galileo* (Other items approved - Extract from: Provisional Version, General Affairs Council, 12 July)
Brussels, 13 Jul 2004 The Council adopted a Regulation on the establishment of a Community agency called Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority (GNSS) designated to ensure the...
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Telemedicine via satellite – the way forward
Paris, 13 Jul 2004 ESA is one step nearer to establishing a Telemedicine via Satellite Programme thanks to a constructive meeting with telemedicine experts that took place at ESRIN early last week....
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Night of the astronauts
Paris, 13 Jul 2004 As part of German Space Day activities, ESA is organising a 'gala' night on 17 September in the KölnArena in Cologne (Germany). All the members of the European Astronaut Corps and...
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IAA's vision for the next steps in exploring deep space
Paris, 13 Jul 2004 The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) announces the release of its cosmic study, 'The Next Steps In Exploring Deep Space', a vision for the scientific exploration of...
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NASA Should Commit to Hubble Servicing Mission, says U.S. National Academies Study (links)
Washington, 13 Jul 2004 NASA should not make any decisions that preclude future space shuttle missions to the Hubble Space Telescope until the agency more thoroughly examines the engineering and...
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R&D funding boost given a welcome Scientists have welcomed the Government's 10-year investment framework for science and innovation, which aims to increase British spending on research and...
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Enter the degradome – fine tuning cancer treatments
Brussels, 12 Jul 2004 Taking what is known about proteomes and genomes to another level, EU scientists are exploring new realms of cancer research. With Commission funding, they will study the...