All aboard the AlphaBus!
Paris, 01 Jul 2003 Meeting at Le Bourget last week, leading European space contractors signed a milestone co-operation agreement paving the way for future high-powered satellite communications. Two...
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IES: 3rd Core Group Meeting of the Scientific Reference System on Renewable Energy and Energy End-Use Efficiency
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 The 3rd Core Group Meeting of the Scientific Reference System on Renewable Energy and Energy End-Use Efficiency is organised by the Renewable Energies Unit, IES. Primary...
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Workshop on advanced security technologies
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 A workshop on advanced security technologies in networking will take place from 15 to 18 September in Bled, Slovenia. In light of the growing use of the Internet for...
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Benchmarking ICT policies - call for tenders
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has published a call for tenders for the benchmarking of national and regional policies in support of competitiveness in Europe's...
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Burning forests speedily space-mapped for fire fighters
Paris, 01 Jul 2003 Maps of burning Spanish forests taken from space have been relayed to local fire fighters in near real-time. A successful demonstration campaign using Earth Observation data has...
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Nanotechnology for beginners
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 The European Commission has prepared a set of slides providing brief and straightforward explanations of nanotechnology. Interest in nanotechnology is rising, and is spreading...
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Safety and inspection of laboratories
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 Giuseppe GARGANI (EPP-ED, I)mylle Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions...
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GMOs - moratorium to go? (codecision, 2nd reading, debate)
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 Karin SCHEELE (PES, A) Report on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on genetically modified food and feed (5204/3/2003 - C5-...
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Margot Wallström: "Traceability and labelling of GMOs", Second reading by the European Parliament, Strasbourg, 1 July 2003
Strasbourg, 1 July 2003 Mr/Mrs President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, We all know that the GMO issue is a political as well as a technical one. As policy makers and legislators we...
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Margot Wallström: "Traceability and labelling of GMOs", Second reading by the European Parliament, Strasbourg, 1 July 2003
Strasbourg, 1 July 2003 Mr/Mrs President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, We all know that the GMO issue is a political as well as a technical one. As policy makers and legislators we...
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EC-Ukraine Scientific Agreement
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 Carlos WESTENDORP Y CABEZA (PES, E) Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement on cooperation in...
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OECD/UNESCO Study Identifies Regional Disparities in Student Performance
Paris, 01 Jul 2003 Students in Finland are among the world's best in terms of reading literacy, while students in Japan, Hong Kong-China and Korea lead in mathematics and science, according to a...
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Latest research news
Babies can be created from unborn mothers The prospect of creating children whose biological mothers have never been born has been raised for the first time by scientists from Israel and the...
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Scientist shortage harming British economy Britain's economic prosperity would be improved if the numbers of people leaving universities with scientific and technical qualifications were to increase...
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Experts urge MEPs not to ban embryonic stem cell research
Brussels, 30 Jun 2003 MEPs who wish to make embryonic stem cell research illegal should talk to the scientific and medical community and think carefully about the consequences of a ban, the incoming...