ESA on the trail of the earliest stars
Paris, Jan 2003 Somewhere in the distant, old Universe, a population of stars hide undetected. They were the first to form after the birth of the Universe and are supposed to be far bigger in mass...
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Warwick researchers count cost of happiness Andrew Oswald and Andrew Clark of the Warwick University's school of economics have worked out the cost of happiness to the nearest pound. They carried out...
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Maximum student grant may be raised The government may raise the maximum £1,000 grant for students from 2006, Charles Clarke, the education secretary, said last night, in the face of complaints that...
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European across grids conference
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 The first European across grids conference will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on 13 and 14 February. The objective of the event is to foster collaboration between...
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Parliament committee backs Commission proposal on EU-developing countries clinical trials
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 The new European Commission proposal, aimed at finding affordable drugs for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries, was strongly backed on 22 January by the...
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Food and vegetable processing technology transfer event
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 A food and vegetable processing technology transfer afternoon will take place on 28 April in Murcia, Spain. The purpose of the technology transfer event is to create a meeting...
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Busquin offers help to industry in promoting role of women in research
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin called on businesses to take up the issue of promoting women in industrial research with a view to putting it on the agenda of the...
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Sustainable agriculture for developing countries: the options offered by life sciences and biotechnology
Brussels, 24 January 2003 The European Group on Life Sciences, including eminent scientists advising European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, is inviting stakeholders to participate in a...
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Planned new CEN/ISSS Workshop on IT-Profiles and Curricula Postponed to April
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 In late December CEN/ISSS advertised that the Kick-Off meeting of the above Workshop would take place in February 2003, in Brussels. This Workshop is to validate the "IT...
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EFTA Court Judgment in Case E-1/02 - Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations - Equal Rights Directive - Reservation of academic positions for women
Luxembourg, 24 Jan 2003 [...] THE COURT hereby: 1. Declares that by maintaining in force a rule which permits the reservation of a number of academic posts exclusively for members of the under-...
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Space research: Joint workshop to promote EU-Russia co-operation
Brussels, January 24, 2003 A two-day workshop jointly organised by the European Commission, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency Rosaviakosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) started yesterday...
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French government aims to redefine CNES' role in European space activities
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 France's Minister for Research and New Technologies, Claudie Haigneré has announced that her ministry will present an action plan in two months aimed at redefining the role that...
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Legal battle alert over university funding The government could face a legal challenge over top-up fees, which may constitute racial discrimination according to Matthias Kelly, QC, the Bar chairman....
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Measures to tackle biomed research fraud criticised Proposals to tackle fraud and misconduct in biomedical research were condemned as "toothless" today. The plans drawn up by the Academy of Medical...
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Dundee biocentre reaches £100m milestone Dundee University's school of life sciences has reached a milestone of more than £100 million in external research grants, five years after its pioneering...