Cassini-Huygens looks at Phoebe's distant past
Paris, 14 Jun 2004 Images collected during the Cassini-Huygens close fly-by of Saturn's moon Phoebe give strong evidence that the tiny moon may be rich of ice and covered by a thin layer of darker...
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Celebrating students beat ban on trashing An attempt to curb the wilder excesses of Oxford students as they mark the end of their finals has ended in utter failure, with one college dean describing...
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Commission Comments on the Draft Terms of Reference and Project Proposal for the New Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 European Community comments on Codex Circular Letter CL 2004/7-FBT: Request for comments on the Draft Terms of Reference and Project Proposal for the New Ad Hoc...
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Biotechnology can be used for terrorism, warns European think tank
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has warned that biotechnology research, in addition to being used to find cures to diseases, could result in new...
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GALILEO Council conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, Transport Council, 11 June)
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 The Council adopted Conclusions as set out below: "Having regard to the previous Resolutions and Conclusions of the Council on the GALILEO and EGNOS programmes constituting the...
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Management structures of the European satellite radionavigation programme (Extract from: Provisional Version, Transport Council, 11 June)
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 The Council agreed in substance the text of the Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation programme. The...
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GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Co-operation Agreement with Israel (Extract from: Provisional Version, Transport Council, 11 June)
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 The Council adopted the Council Decision on the signing of the Co-operation Agreement on a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its...
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EU-US Agreement GALILEO/GPS (Extract from: Provisional Version, Transport Council, 11 June)
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 The Council agreed in substance to sign the agreement with the US on compatibility and interoperability between the GPS and GALILEO systems provided that the radio frequency...
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Nordic countries combine to create three centres of excellence in molecular medicine
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 Three new Nordic centres of excellence in the field of molecular medicine are to be established with a combined investment of six million euro, and will explore diseases such as...
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Images of science - international conference
Brussels, 11 Jun 2004 An international conference entitled 'Images of Science - new interactions between science and society' will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 6 and 7 December. The...
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European agreement on James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) signed
Paris, 11 Jun 2004 An agreement between ESA and seven Member States to jointly build a major part of the MIRI instrument, which will considerably extend the capability of the James Webb Space...
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Announcement of ITTs for AlphaBus phase C/D equipment
Paris, 11 Jun 2004 The Alcatel Space / EADS Astrium Joint Alphabus Project Team in its role as system responsible for the Alphabus is in the process of issuing competitive invitation to tenders for...
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Space technology races round Le Mans
Paris, 11 Jun 2004 Spaceflight engineers face three constant challenges: reducing weight and size, improving thermal insulation and increasing reliability. Progress in these fields does not just...
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Historian hits out at critic
Niall Ferguson, the controversial British historian, launched a seething attack on fellow academic Martin Jacques and The Guardian during the Hay Festival last weekend. The professor of financial...
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Research-only staff on the rise
A dramatic long-term increase in the proportion of academics who are employed exclusively to conduct research is revealed in an analysis by The Times Higher . Latest figures from the Higher Education...