WWF Italia tags urban 'hot spots' with ESA's UrbEx
Paris, 13 May 2003 WWF Italia is monitoring the urbanization of the Italian coast to catch overdeveloped 'hot spots,' courtesy of an ESA programme to develop new applications-driven services with...
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Quasars: Astronomers find cast iron evidence of when first stars were born
Brussels, 13 May 2003 The latest observations of the distant corners of space have shed light on when the first stars were born, which European astronomers now believe was much earlier than...
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Management: Prizing young innovators
Brussels, 13 May 2003 The 2003 Hendrik Casimir Award for talented young researchers gives a much-needed booster shot to European industrial innovation and development. Are you under 35 and hold a...
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EU project develops alternative to animal experiments
Brussels, 13 May 2003 While animal welfare groups question the proposed introduction of new chemicals legislation that will increase the need for animal tests, the European Commission is keen to...
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Paris hosts debate on food safety
Brussels, 13 May 2003 A conference entitled 'food: a new challenge after a century of progress', will take place on 17 and 18 June 2004, in Paris, France. The main aim of the two day conference is to...
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New thematic service on 'global change and ecosystems' launched on CORDIS
Brussels, 13 May 2003 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is providing a dedicated service on research, policy-oriented activities and specific support...
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Students welcome Tory plan to abolish fees Tory plans to scrap tuition fees won a rare thumbs-up from the National Union of Students yesterday, but left vice-chancellors nervous about an agenda that...
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Latest research news
Research elitism will make life harder for female academics The government's plans to reform higher education will increase the pay and opportunities gap between men and women in universities,...
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Animal testing: Commission presents new alternative drug testing methods
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Today in Brussels the European Commission presented new methods of drug testing to replace animals with safe alternatives. The set of six tests, developed by EU-supported...
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The National Trust, a Major UK landowner, bans GM crops
Brussels, 12 May 2003 The UK's National Trust has instructed its 2,000 tenant farmers not to grow genetically modified (GM) crops on its land. The charity, which is responsible for some 250,000...
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Athens hosts workshop on EU policy for e-Infrastructures
Brussels, 12 May 2003 A workshop on the subject of developing a new EU policy for e-Infrastructures will take place on 12 June in Athens, Greece. Entitled 'towards integrated networking and grids...
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EU Action Plan to boost research efforts in Europe (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Research items on the agenda EU Action Plan to boost research efforts in Europe (FF) Ministers will exchange views on the Communication "Investing in research: an action plan...
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International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Commissioner Busquin will present the Communication ( COM(2003) 215 final) on the preliminary status of the ongoing negotiations on the ITER (International Thermonuclear...
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Biotechnolgy 1st Implementation report (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Ministers will have an exchange of views on the first annual report on the Strategy on Life Sciences and Biotechnology and will be asked to indicate their main immediate...
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Philippe Busquin: Moins d'animaux dans l'évaluation de médicaments grâce à la recherche européenne, Conférence de presse, Bruxelles, 12 mai 2003
Bruxelles, 12 mai 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, J'ai le plaisir de vous présenter aujourd'hui le résultat d'une collaboration européenne fructueuse en recherche et développement dans un domaine qui...