2020 vision for the future of nanoelectronics
Brussels, 29 Jun 2004 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen and Pasquale Pistorio, President and CEO of STMicroelectronics, outlined a...
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Paving the way for new turbine engines
Brussels, 29 Jun 2004 The STR project developed new components and production processes that will make future generations of gas turbine engine more affordable to produce, and much more efficient to...
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Diamond wire cutter enables slicing the legs off oil rigs below the seabed for relocation
Brussels, 29 Jun 2004 The SBC diamond wire cutter makes it possible to slice free underwater structures – such as oilrigs and wellheads – below the seabed, using a novel minimal-disturbance technique...
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Commission officially launches European network of mobility centres
Brussels, 29 Jun 2004 The Commission has taken another step towards implementing the recommendations of the 2000 Lisbon Council summit with the official inauguration of the European network of...
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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,...