French lead in nanotechnologies under threat
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 France needs to invest more in the emerging 'revolutionary' science of nanotechnologies if it is to remain competitive in this promising field, a French parliamentary committee...
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Fischler adds his voice to calls for agreement on a Community patent
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Franz Fischler, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, has called on national governments to find a solution to the open issue of a Community patent in...
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French laboratories have significant role to play in developing ERA, says French government
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 French laboratories have a significant role to play in helping to develop the European Research Area (ERA), said Claudie Haigneré, French Minister for Research and New...
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Euroscience proposes first pan-European scientific open forum
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Euroscience, a pan-European association of some 1,500 research scientists, has announced its intention to host the first Euroscience open forum (ESOF) in Stockholm from 25 to 28...
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New Cooperation and Partnership Agreement between ESA and the Russian Federation
Paris, 11 Feb 2003 Today at ESA Headquarters the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr Igor Sergeevich Ivanov, and the Director General of the European Space Agency, Mr Antonio...
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Space camera blazes new terahertz trails
Paris, 11 Feb 2003 New imaging technology came to life when ESA's StarTiger team captured the world's first terahertz picture of a human hand. "When we started last June we set an ambitious goal: to...
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Intellectual property marketing and licensing strategies
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 The association of European science and technology transfer professionals (ASTP) will hold a workshop on intellectual property marketing and licensing strategies in London, UK,...
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Enhanced security is crucial for successful ICT, says Liikanen
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Enhanced security is a key element for the success of information and communication technologies (ICT), said Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society Erkki Liikanen...
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New project catalogue giving an overview over ongoing research activities funded at European level in the field of antimicrobial resistance (link)
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 antimicrobial resistance research (VERY LARGE PDF FILE: 9.166 MB) DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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Two new brochures in the series European Research in Action, on Nanotechnology and Socio-economic research (link)
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 publications pages DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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The Sixth Framework Programme in Brief: an overview of FP6, including a two-page "FP6 at a glance" summarising the main features and the differences between FP6 and other public research funding progr
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 The Sixth Framework Programme in Brief The Sixth Framework Programme in Brief (35 pages; PDF 189 kB) provides an DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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A short animated presentation on how to answer a call for proposals under the Sixth Framework Programme (requires Flash) (link)
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 animated presentation DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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Spiderman project developing artificial tendons from spider webs
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Participants in an EU funded project believe that it may be possible to implant artificial tendons made from spider webs into injured humans within five years. 'One of the major...
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Eligibility for Dot-EDU Internet Addresses to be Expanded - Extends .edu Domain to Accredited U.S. Postsecondary Institutions
Washington D.C., 11 Feb 2003 Eligibility for .edu Internet addresses will be expanded to include more postsecondary institutions than are currently eligible, EDUCAUSE and the U.S. Department of...
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ITS world congress and exhibition
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Madrid is to host the tenth world congress and exhibition on intelligent transport systems (ITS) and services from 16 to 20 November 2003. The event aims to promote awareness...