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BL and Hefce announce strategic digital alliance The British Library and the Higher Education Funding Council for England have announced a strategic alliance which they hope could see a...
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'Galileo services' created by eight European companies - MoU
Brussels, 19 March 2002 Eight European companies signed a memorandum of understanding in Brussels on 18 March, which sees the creation of 'Galileo services'. Galileo services brings together...
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Commission kicks off action plan for Global Monitoring of Environment and Security
Brussels, 19 March 2002 Philippe Busquin, Research Commissioner and responsible for space policy, will open the first meeting of the GMES Steering Committee in Brussels today. This meeting unites,...
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European drive for post-genomic research: European Commission awards €39.4 million to three large-scale projects
Brussels, 19 March 2002 In a drive to gear up research on genomics - the study of genes and their function - the European Commission has awarded €39.4 million to three large research projects. The...
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New report assesses difficulties for small countries in carrying out R&D
Brussels, 19 March 2002 'The biggest and the most difficult challenge which the smaller countries face in S&T [science and technology] is finding a balance between their needs and constraints...
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Turin event to tackle obstacles to innovation
Brussels, 19 March 2002 The different perspectives of the science community, the market, policymakers and citizens will be addressed at the TII annual general meeting which will take place in Turin,...
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Philippe BUSQUIN: Address to the GMES Steering Committee Meeting GMES Steering Brussels, 19 March 2002
Brussels, 19 March 2002 Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to extend to you a very warm welcome to this first meeting of the GMES Steering Committee. I am delighted to see gathered in this room the...
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ESA to present first Envisat results
Brussels, 19 March 2002 The first image produced by the European space agency (ESA) Envisat environmental monitoring satellite will be revealed on 28 March. Since Envisat's successful launch from an...
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Negotiating EU research contracts and managing projects - UK workshops
Brussels, 19 March 2002 Two workshops for EU R&D (research and development) project proposers and participants will be held in Cambridge, UK in April and June 2002. 'Negotiating and...
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ESA Portal gets a new look
Paris, 19 March 2002 In response to the huge interest of the public we have increased our live and multimedia sections. In addition, we have made it easier to reach our national and programme pages....
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Key role for students in quality assurance Students will be put centre stage in the drive to raise standards in universities, higher education minister Margaret Hodge said today. Student views will...
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From today's UK papers
Antarctic sheds giant ice sheet An ice shelf half the size of Cyprus has disintegrated off the coast of the Antarctic in less than a month, following decades of unusually warm weather. Satellite...
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Galileo receives top-level endorsement
Brussels, 18 March 2002 Outstanding objections and obstacles to the Galileo programme are reported to have been overcome at the Barcelona summit on 15 and 16 March. The countries which had shown...
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Materials and systems for optical data storage and processing: concerted European research action (COST)
Brussels, 18 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research...
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Properties of particulate matter related to health: concerted European research action (COST)
Brussels, 18 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a concerted European research...