Study shows Europe how to reach Kyoto target
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 Deploying high-temperature superconductor (HTS)-based devices in the EU's electric power grid could help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by up to 52 million tonnes,...
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Next Steps for International Protection of Traditional Knowledge in View
Geneva, 24 Jul 2003 21 July 2003 - The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), meeting from September 22 to October 1, 2003, will consider future directions for the...
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European conference on the spectroscopy of biological molecules
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 The tenth European conference on the spectroscopy of biological molecules will take place from 30 August to 4 September in Szeged, Hungary. The main aim of the conference is to...
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Support for the coherent development of policies - call for various studies
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for miscellaneous studies under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'support for the coherent development of policies'...
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Green NGO's condemn Commission's recommendation to allow genetic contamination in organic food
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau today condemned the European Commission' s recommendation on co-existence between genetically...
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Brussels hosts beer and health symposium
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 The brewers of Europe association will hold its third beer and health symposium on 15 October in Brussels. The symposium will present the latest scientific evidence on the...
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UNICE Comments on the Community Patent Regulation (link)
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 Full text [...] 2. PRIORITY ISSUES 2.1 UNITARY CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY PATENT UNICE considers it imperative that the unitary nature of the Community Patent is respected by...
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Technology platform to revive Europe's steel research
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 The European Commission, the steel industry, steel workers and their unions are to work together to create a technology platform which will define a strategic agenda for...
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Commission funded project aims to map Europe's ozone future
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 The European Commission is funding new research aimed at assessing the contribution of high altitude polar clouds to ozone depletion as part of a wider campaign to improve...
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Model Contract for Marie-Curie actions
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 Model Contract for Marie-Curie actions a) approved core contract - Mono contractor b) approved Annex II - General conditions - Mono contractor c) approved core contract - Pluri...
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EESC Opinion: Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Brussels, 16 July 2003 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the European Economic and...
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Students get ethical
Edinburgh University students have won the right to raise concerns about "unethical" investments in the university's multimillion-pound portfolio under a new code of conduct. The university court...
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MSPs warm to free research
The future workings of Scotland's new multi-party parliament may be uncertain, but one custom is continuing - the political intern scheme run by Edinburgh University. Eberhard "Paddy" Bort of...
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Most students back deferred fees plan, survey reveals
A majority of students support the government's decision to defer payment of tuition fees until after graduation, but most balk at the £3,000-a-year charges proposed by ministers, according to...
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Email embarrasses Birkbeck
As ill-judged remarks go, it is not on the scale of Jo Moore, the public relations consultant who dubbed September 11 "a good day to bury bad news". But Birkbeck College's media and publicity officer...