Deep Impact hits its target
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 171 days into its 172-day journey towards comet Tempel 1, the impactor of the NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully encountered the comet at 7:52 am Central European Time...
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Technology platform calls for 40 per cent increase in embedded systems research
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 The industry-led ARTEMIS technology platform (advanced research and technology for embedded intelligence in systems) has warned that investment in pre-competitive research in...
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Tackle climate change with technology, not emissions cuts, says Bush
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 US President George W Bush would prefer to invest in new technologies to combat climate change rather than cut carbon emissions. The President explained his views in an...
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Cell death triggered by stress
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 A team of molecular biologists at the German Cancer Research Centre (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) has found evidence that when cells are subjected to too much strain...
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Hungary reaches out to ex-pat scientists
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) has sent e-mails to scholars and scientists originally from Hungary who are currently working in western Europe, the US and Canada. The...
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International hydrogen energy congress and exhibition
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 The International Hydrogen Energy Congress & Exhibition 2005 will be celebrated in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, from 13 to 15 July. IHEC's objective is to bring...
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World Life Science Week: BioPartnering Europe and CORDIA Biotechnology Convention
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 World Life Science Week will take place in the city of London, the UK, from 9 to 13 October. World Life Science Week is a joint venture between Reed Elsevier and Technology...
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Water Confirmed on Comet by XMM-Newton Observatory (link)
Paris, 04 Jul 2005 These images, taken by the Optical Monitor on board ESA's XMM-Newton observatory on 3 and 4 July 2005, show a comparison between the states of the comet before and just after...
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French and British launch neuroscience venture A group of British and French academics have signed an agreement with potentially far-reaching consequences for brain research. The academic entente...
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Project Grants
Deadline: 26/08/2005
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Revised Presidency Text for the Parts "Cooperation" and "People" of the 7th EC Rtd Framework Programme (2007 - 2013) (link)
Brussels, 01 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 10704/05 Suite of documents 10704/05 No. Cion prop.: 8087/05 RECH 80 ATO 45 COMPET 68 CODEC 266 - COM(2005) 119 final Subject: Note from the Presidency: -...
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Revised Text of the Proposed Council Directive on the Supervision and Control of Shipments of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (link)
Brussels, 01 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 10681/05 Suite of documents 10681/05 No. Cion prop: 14686/04 ATO 121 COM (2004) 716 final Subject: Proposal for a Council Directive on the supervision and...
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Annex to the Commission Communication: Life Sciences and Biotechnology a Strategy for Europe Third Progress Report and Future Orientations (link)
Brussels, 01 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 10780/05 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 10780/05 Subject: Commission Staff Working Paper Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the European...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 4 July
Brussels, 01 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 2442/05 1. Joint Technology Initiatives: Commission Staff Working Paper doc. 10102/05 RECH 138 COMPET 133 ­ SEC(2005) 800 - presentation by the...
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EU boosts international endocrine research
Brussels, 01 Jul 2005 How natural and man-made substances interfere with growth and hormonal development in humans and wildlife is a complex field of study, still riddled with uncertainty about the...