Artemis finally reaches operational orbit
Paris, 31 Jan 2003 Artemis has finally reached geostationary orbit, some 36,000 km above the Earth, at 21.5°E. This announcement would, if all had gone to plan, been made just a few days after lift-...
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Poul Nielson: Towards sustainable agriculture for developing countries: options from life sciences and biotechnologies, Stakeholders' Conference, Brussels
Brussels, 31 January 2003 The challenge we are now facing is to make sure that present and future discoveries will be accessible to those who need them most, particularly the poor. It is our...
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The growing gap between the promise and the reality of biotechnology
Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 Professor Louise Fresco, an expert panellist at a conference on sustainable agriculture for developing countries in Brussels, exposed the growing gap between the promise and the...
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ESA backing SATMODE, interactivity via satellite for consumers
Paris, 31 Jan 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA) has joined forces with a team led by SES Astra (Lux) on a SATMODE development contract totalling EUR 49 million. SATMODE is a satellite return link...
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Results of the Consultation on the Need for a Community Legal Framework on "Human Tissue Engineered Products"
Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 Full text Tissue engineering is a new and rapidly developing technology that intends to produce viable substitutes that restore, maintain or improve the function of human...
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Europe has moral obligation towards developing countries to debate biotechnology potential in sustainable agriculture, says Busquin
Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin said that Europe has a strong moral obligation towards the people of developing countries to help combat poverty and disease, as he...
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Taxpayers may foot EU students' fees bill Thousands of students from the European Union may be able to study free in Britain because the government has not worked out how to make them repay tuition...
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An FP6 topical information meeting on geological disposal
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 A FP6 topical information meeting on geological disposal is taking place in Brussels on March 12. The event will inform members of the research community intending to prepare a...
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Corrigenda to calls for proposals under FP6 specific programme 1
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 The European Commission has published corrigenda to the calls for proposals under the Sixth Framework Programme's specific programme 'Integrating and strengthening the European...
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Event to focus on Aral Sea research projects
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 An event assessing the progress of 19 research projects on the Aral Sea is to take place from 4 to 8 April in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The event is being organised by INTAS, an...
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New chemicals policy will promote innovation, say environmental groups
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 A discussion paper by the WWF (world wildlife fund) and the European Environmental Bureau claims that the EU's new chemicals policy will promote innovation. The Commission is...
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Towards sustainable agriculture for developing countries: options from life sciences and biotechnologies
Brussels, 30 January 2003 Discussion Platform, Brussels, 30-31 January, 2003 Q. What are the background and objectives of this event? The need to increase crop yields in developing countries in a...
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Philippe Busquin: La contribution des sciences de la vie à la création d'un monde sans famine, Conférence "Vers une agriculture durable pour les pays en développement: les options des sciences de la v
Bruxelles, le 30 janvier 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis honoré de pouvoir m'adresser à un public aussi nombreux, diversifié et international. Cette assemblée est à l'image de l'Espace européen...
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Landers feel the heat on space missions
Paris, 30 Jan 2003 Space is certainly a cold place, but spacecraft have to face extremely high temperatures when they are exposed to the Sun's radiation. However, there are other extreme situations...
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Commission uses high tech measurements to tackle urban air pollution
Brussels, 30 January 2003 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched an innovative joint pilot study together with regional Italian environmental protection agency Agenzia...