Agricultural research and partnerships
Brussels, 14 Jan 2004 A symposium on increasing the effectiveness of world public sector agricultural research through partnerships will take place in London, the UK, on 10 and 11 March....
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Top French scientists threaten to quit More than 5,300 leading French scientists have threatened to resign unless the government increases the country's research budget, unblocks frozen funds and...
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Timing gamble over top-up fees vote Downing Street announced last night that the Commons vote on top-up fees will take place on Tuesday, January . Tony Blair is to hold the critical Commons vote...
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Plant variety rights
Strasbourg, 13 Jan 2004 Joseph DAUL (EPP-ED, F) Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights ( COM(2003) 456 - C5-0573/2003 -...
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US supports Japanese bid to host ITER as France urges Europe to go it alone
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 The US Secretary of State for Energy, Spencer Abraham, has declared the strong support of his country for the Japanese bid to host the international thermonuclear site (ITER)....
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Draft Summary Conclusions of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) Meeting of 5 December 2003 (link)
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 1201/04 Suite of documents 1201/04 Subject: DRAFT SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS OF THE 291st MEETING OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE (CREST) HELD...
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OECD Ministers to Discuss Science and Technology Policies for the 21st Century, Paris, 29-30 January 2004
Paris, 13 Jan 2004 Science and technology ministers and senior officials from more than 30 countries will meet at OECD headquarters in Paris on 29-30 January 2004 to discuss a range of policy...
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EC workshop on geographic information and information systems
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is organising the tenth edition of the EC geographic information and geographic information systems (GI & GIS)...
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Applying nanotechnology know-how to diverse applications
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 Nanotubes and other nanostructured forms of carbon exhibit remarkable properties but practical applications remain difficult. CARBEN and CARDECOM have made valuable progress,...
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Driving forward the European debate on nanosciences and nanotechnologies
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 Some 1000 people took part in EuroNanoForum 2003 in December 2003. The four-day Commission event provided an open debate on the state of the art in nanotechnologies to help...
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Healthcare researchers call on Parliament to repeal clinical trials directive
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 Some 1,500 researchers from across Europe are calling on the European Parliament and Commission to repeal the directive on good clinical practice, which they say will '...
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Swiss researchers forecast increasingly variable climate for Europe
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 Swiss scientists have warned that extreme temperatures in Europe, such as those recorded in summer 2003, will become more common in the future. The prediction is based on a...
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Over 4,000 French researchers threaten resignation over budgetary situation
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has denied claims that his country is cutting research expenditure. The rebuttal came on 12 January, as the number of scientists...
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Negotiating FP6 contracts
Brussels, 13 Jan 2004 A workshop on negotiating research contracts for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Hamburg, Germany, on 30 January. The event will provide an overview of...
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Latest research news
Top French scientists threaten to quit More than 5,300 leading French scientists have threatened to resign unless the government increases the country's research budget, unblocks frozen funds and...