Japan gives green light to human cloning
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 Three weeks after France approved stem cell research on human embryos for a limited test period, Japan has followed suit, with the Council for Science and Technology Policy...
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Euratom projects published on CORDIS FP6 Projects service
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, has added the profiles of 18 Euratom fission projects to its fully searchable Projects service for...
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Second Double Star satellite successfully launched
Paris, 26 Jul 2004 Yesterday, 25 July at 09:05 CEST (15:05 local time) the Chinese National Space Administration successfully launched Tan Ce 2, the second of the Double Star science satellites. This...
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SMART-1 views Middle East and Mediterranean
Paris, 26 Jul 2004 Now more than 100,000 kilometres away from Earth, ESA's Moon-bound spacecraft SMART-1 looked back at Earth and returned this planetary perspective of the Middle East and...
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Report calls on UK to lead by example with new scientific publishing strategy
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 Following the European Commission's announcement of its intention to determine the conditions required for the optimum operation of the scientific publishing sector, the UK...
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Graduate flood 'will lead to crisis over jobs' The massive expansion of universities is turning degrees into "lottery tickets" that offer graduates no guarantee of a good job, the Government has been...
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EU INSPIREs better geographical info
Brussels, 23 July 2004 To improve mapping in Europe, the European Commission is launching the INSPIRE (INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in the European Union) initiative. A database with...
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The best view of the Tour is from space
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 It is now possible to track the position and speed of each rider in the Tour de France in real-time thanks to the EGNOS European satellite positioning system, a preparatory...
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Forecasters and new meteo satellites
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 The UK Met Office is this year celebrating its 150 years of weather forecasting. Created in 1854 to provide meteorological and sea current information to shipping, it is today one...
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International Space Station Heads of Agency Meeting
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 Space agency leaders from the United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada met today at the ESA Technical Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to discuss International...
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International cooperation in space is the way forward, says Lord Sainsbury
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 At a space seminar at the Farnborough air show in the UK on 21 July, the UK Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, encouraged the international community to cooperate further to...
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Conference on the chemical biology of cancer, London
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 A conference entitled 'Frontiers in chemical biology: the chemical biology of cancer' will take place from 8 to 10 September in London, the UK. The conference will bring...
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The fundamentals of international project management
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 A training course on the fundamentals of international project management will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, on and 28 September. The course will address: - the environment...
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International Conference on multifunctional materials
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 An international conference on 'chemistry and physics of multifunctional materials - from clever molecules to smart materials' will take place in Tomar, Portugal, from 11 to 16...
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EU Descartes Prize's fifth anniversary: eight research teams competing for the 2004 award
Brussels, 23 July 2004 This year, the EU Descartes Prize for outstanding research through transnational co-operation is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The 2004 short-listed teams come from 20...