Play it again Sam, it's Science Week
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 A week of science activities dedicated to raising scientific awareness. On popular demand, Science Week is back. What's in store for 2003? Now in its tenth year, the European...
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Italian government affirms the importance of research
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 'It is not true' that the Italian government does not recognise the importance of research, the country's Deputy Minister for Education, Universities and Research, Guido Possa,...
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Large asteroid risk to Earth overestimated, claim European researchers
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 New research carried out by scientists in Britain and Russia has concluded that the risk of a catastrophic large meteorite strike on Earth is much less than previously thought....
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International conference on women in industrial research
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 The promotion of women in industrial research will be the subject of an international conference to be held on 10 and 11 October in Berlin, Germany. The European Commission and...
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ESA to build a deep space ground station in Cebreros (Spain)
Paris, 18 Jul 2003 Communicating with ESA's spacecraft such as Mars Express, or SMART-1, Rosetta and Venus Express - yet to be launched - will be even easier and more effective when the new Cebreros...
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"A" item note: Approval of the second-reading amendments to the common position for the proposed Regulation on genetically modified food and feed
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 Full text of Document 11284/1/03 Revision 01 Suite of documents 11284/1/03 No. prev. doc.: 10811/03 Nos Cion props: 11576/01 , 13132/02 Subject: Approval of the European...
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Amended proposed Regulation on genetically modified food and feed
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 OPINION OF THE COMMISSION on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE...
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Space engineering helps drill better holes in planet Earth
Paris, 18 Jul 2003 Expertise derived from working on the joint NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moon Titan is now being applied to underground drilling machines. This is providing...
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"A" item note: Approval of second-reading amendments on proposed regulation on traceability and labelling of GMOs
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 Full text of Document 11262/03 Suite of documents 11262/03 Subject: Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on traceability and labelling...
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Statement for the Council Minutes on the approval of second-reading amendments to the proposed regulation on traceability and labelling of GMOs
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 Full text of Document 11262/03 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 11262/03 Subject: Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on traceability...
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Today's news
History students favour TV over books History students at university have studied their subject more from watching television than reading serious books, according to the 11th annual survey by...
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SOHO resumes full operation
Paris, 17 Jul 2003 ESA/NASA's solar watchdog, SOHO, is back to full operation after its predicted 9-day-long high-gain antenna blackout. Engineers and scientists are now confident that they...
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Open Calls for Proposals and expression of interest in FP6 (link)
Brussels, 17 Jul 2003 Open Calls for Proposals and expression of interest in FP6 - DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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Role of science in building the information society must be clearly acknowledged, claims ICSU
Brussels, 17 Jul 2003 The international council for science (ICSU) has launched an 'agenda for action' on 'science in the information society' and has called on governments to endorse it at the world...
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EU project seeks to maximise the efficiency of business and innovation centres
Brussels, 17 Jul 2003 A project team funded by the European Commission is developing a new multimedia training tool to help develop the skills of business and innovation centre (BIC) and incubator...