Animal welfare under the microscope
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Whether it's on the farm or in the lab, few issues provoke such heated debate and public concern as animal welfare. A forthcoming EU publication delves into this sensitive...
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Liikanen backs alternatives to PCs as key to digital inclusion
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 EU Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society Erkki Liikanen has claimed that the key to digital inclusion is the promotion of platforms such as digital TV and...
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New magazine reports on innovative industrial research
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 The Industrial Technologies Directorate of the European Commission Research DG has published the first issue of European Industrial Research magazine. It provides a round up of...
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Science and Society in Europe - Women and Science pages have been updated
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Women and Science In most European countries, the numbers of female graduates are proportionately higher than those of male graduates. However, the scientific labour market...
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Endocrine disruption, an EU strategy in full swing
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 As evidence came to light of endocrinal changes in mammals and increased testicular cancer and lower male sperm counts, policy-makers knew action was needed. The EU's new...
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EU project to evaluate innovative therapies for prostate cancer
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 The European Commission has awarded funding to a new prostate cancer network funded under Priority 1, 'life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health', of the Sixth...
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Winner announced for science fiction competition
Paris, 03 Sep 2003 Selected by an international jury out of 104 entries from 36 countries, Lavie Tidhar's story Temporal Spider, Spatial Webs is the winner of this year's Clarke-Bradbury...
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Asteroids: Close encounters of another kind?
Paris, 03 Sep 2003 The latest discovery of a large asteroid moving through our Solar System puts a spotlight on the studies of these and other wandering celestial objects by the European Space Agency...
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International seminar on networking for effective R&D
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 An international seminar entitled 'networking for effective research and development [R&D]' will take place on 22 and 23 September in Petten, the Netherlands. The main...
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Cost of university fees is 'two pints of beer a week' Graduates starting off on a salary of £18,000 a year in London would only have to give up two pints of beer a week to repay their top-up fees,...
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Calls for tender in the field of Integrated Product Policy (links)
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 Calls for tenders for the following contracts are currently open: Development of Indicators for Integrated Product Policy (OJ S 154-139788 of 13.8.2003) Internet site on life-...
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Lasers spark new paths in radio-isotope transmutation
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 Summary: Collaboration between EC's Joint Research Centre (JRC), Univ. of Jena (D), Univ. of Strathclyde (UK), Imperial College (UK), and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) has...
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A cloud-free Europe captured by MSG-1
Paris, 26 August 2003 As most Europeans breathe a sigh of relief as this record-breaking summer draws to a close, the extreme weather conditions experienced in recent weeks have given us a rare view...
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Report compiles EU project results and offers recommendations for education policy makers
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 A selection of briefing papers for policy makers on the results of EU funded research projects in the field of education has been published by the European Commission. The...
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Information days on mobility funding opportunities
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 The UK national mobility contact point is organising four information days on mobility funding opportunities under the Sixth Framework Programme. The programme for the...