Update: 13:20
Hong-Kong conference postponed due to SARS risk The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong has forced organisers of this June's conference of the International Council on Distance...
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Science in the Candidate Countries: enthusiastic but with poor prospects, the young abandon research careers
Brussels, 3 April 2003 Important questions for the future of science in an enlarged Europe are raised by a Commission survey published today. More than half of all people questioned had little...
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New opportunities for business in space – ESA at Hannover Fair 2003
Paris, 03 Apr 2003 At the Hannover Fair 2003, ESA, together with partners DLR and BEOS, will present the wide range of opportunities for commercial utilisation and technology transfer created by...
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Commission communication on the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (link)
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 Full text of Document 8072/03 Suite of documents 8072/03 Subject: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 251...
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Dutch researchers offer clue to origin of killer SARS virus
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 Scientists from the Netherlands have performed a simple laboratory experiment which could point to the origin of the killer pneumonia-like virus, dubbed SARS, which has so far...
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Corrigendum to call for proposals for Descartes prize
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published a corrigendum to its call for proposals for the René Descartes prize for excellent transnational collaborative research under the Sixth...
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34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day Two: sickness-free in zero-G
Paris, 03 Apr 2003 The 'Zero-G' A300 Airbus flew further and longer than usual on Wednesday's flight, on the second day of the 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign. The result was a series of...
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Philippe Busquin: Perception publique de la science et de la technologie dans les pays candidats Conférence de presse à l'occasion de la présentation de l'Eurobaromètre "Science et Technologie dans le
Bruxelles, le 3 avril 2003 Je vais vous présenter quelques résultats du sondage Eurobaromètre réalisé en novembre de l'année passée sur l'initiative de la DG Recherche et qui donne, pour la première...
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Eureka project rejects virtual actors in favour of talking heads
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 A Eureka project that set out to create virtual three dimensional (3D) actors for use in television production has instead produced a talking head that can be used to read e-...
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Congress on ICT in agriculture, food and the environment, Turkey
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 ITAFE 2003, the international congress on information technology in agriculture, food and the environment, will take place from 7 to 10 October in Izmir, Turkey. The event is...
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Corrigenda to FP6 Science-Society-1 call
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published corrigendum to its call for proposals for programme support and networking under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'Science and Society'...
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Corrigendum to FP6 calls: Aeronautics-2 and Transport-2
Brussels, 03 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published corrigenda for its calls for proposals in the areas of 'Aeronautics specific support actions' and 'Sustainable surface transport specific...
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Update: 12:20
The government has admitted that its handling of the ill-fated individual learning account scheme, axed amid mounting concerns over fraud, "fell a long way short of standards" expected. In its...
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Oxford doctors make TB test breakthrough A revolutionary tuberculosis test developed at Oxford University could help prevent future outbreaks and even raises hopes that the disease could one day be...
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Paisley calls for probe of quitters
Paisley University has called for a national investigation of students who quit Scottish institutions after summer holidays despite having passed exams that enable them to progress to the next year,...