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Education secretary furious with Edexcel The exam board that set an AS-level maths question that was impossible to answer has also lost the AS-level coursework of 20 performing arts students in Devon...
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Traceability and labeling of GMO-based products: draft parliamentary opinion
Brussels, 18 January 2002 Draft opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy on the proposal for a...
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EU-funded project launches driverless taxis
Brussels, 18 January 2002 An innovative type of driverless taxi which runs on tracks, developed under the EU-funded project EDICT (evaluation and demonstration of innovative city transport), was...
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ESA technology revises solar system theory
Brussels, 18 January 2002 A discovery made by an international team of astronomers using the European space agency (ESA) Infrared space observatory (ISO) has challenged accepted theories on the...
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EUROLATIS workshop to focus on open source software
Brussels, 18 January 2002 EUROLATIS, the thematic network supported by the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme of the European Commission's Fifth Framework programme (FP5), will hold its...
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World wind energy event to examine technology and R&D
Brussels, 18 January 2002 The 2002 World Wind Energy conference and exhibition will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 2 to 6 July 2002. Wind energy is increasingly recognised as one of the leading...
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First ESA Launch of 2002: Ariane 4 with Telecoms Satellite Takes off From French Guiana on 23 Jan - the first of 13 launches during the year
Paris, 18 January 2002 The first launch of 2002 is scheduled for Wednesday, 23 January, when an Ariane 4 launcher will take off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana with a telecommunications...
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Report on the proposed regulation on the establishment of the GALILEO Joint Undertaking
Brussels 17 January 2002 REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of the GALILEO Joint Undertaking (COM(2001) 336 - C5?0329/2001 - 2001/0136(CNS)) FINAL A5-0005/2002 10...
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"The US, Europe, and Precaution: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of the Management of risk in a Complex World", Address by Mr Robert J. Coleman, Director General for Health and Consumer Protection
Brussels, 17 January 2002 Speech in PDF file The US, Europe, and Precaution: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of the Management of risk in a Complex World Grand Hotel-Bruges 11/12 January 2002...
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Report on policies for promoting research and development: background to Ecofin Council - Brussels, 22 January 2002
Brussels, 18 January 2002 The Council will have an exchange of views on the Economic Policy Committee report on Research and Development and is expected to endorse it. The report, including the...
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Cream of RAE crop promised extra £30m The government has promised an extra £30 million to help fund the improved results of the research assessment exercise. The extra cash will be given to...
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From today's UK papers
Oxford don leads science force Baroness Greenfield, Oxford professor of pharmacology, is to head a government task force to improve women's careers in science and engineering. The group will report...
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Photovoltaic technology to energy solutions - conference
Brussels, 17 January 2002 'PV [photovoltaic technology] in Europe, from PV technology to energy solutions', a conference supported by the European Commission and the Italian Ministry for the...
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EU project to preserve underwater treasures
Brussels, 17 January 2002 An EU-funded project has brought together experts from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK to help preserve Europe's underwater cultural artefacts...
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Spain moves to make innovation a national priority
Brussels, 17 January 2002 The Spanish government, which currently holds the European Union Presidency, has put innovation at the centre of its national policies with a series of incentives to foster...