Avoiding the fate of the dinosaurs
Paris, 24 Sep 2002 Tales of asteroids or comets in a collision course with the Earth are always good to fill space in newspapers during the quiet summer months. Is there any truth in these tales of...
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Update 13:00
QCA boss quizzed at A-level inquiry Sir William Stubbs, chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, was today giving his side of the story to the inquiry into allegations that it...
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Today's news
Students fight call to attend lectures More than 1,000 students at East Anglia University have signed a petition protesting against new recruits being told to begin lectures during freshers’ week....
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COST research action on high pressure tuning of chemical and biochemical processes
Brussels, 23 September 2002 Full text of Document 260/02 20 September 2002 Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action D30 "...
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The European Union and Chile sign a scientific and technological cooperation agreement
Brussels, 23 September 2002 Philippe Busquin, EU Commissioner for Research, and Soledad Alvear, Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, today signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement...
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EU funds fuel cell bus research
Brussels, 23 Sep 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin took a ride on a prototype hydrogen-powered bus in Brussels on Sunday to promote EU funded research into alternative fuels for...
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COST workshop to be held in Portugal
Brussels, 23 Sep 2002 The next COST workshop on will be held in Faro, Portugal on 1 to 5 October 2002. The workshop is entitled 'COST 1 products for ITU-R and other radiocommunication applications'....
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Philippe Busquin: Moyens de transport alternatifs: le bus à hydrogène, Evénement Bus à Hydrogène "Journée sans ma voiture" La Bourse, Bruxelles, 22 septembre 2002
La Bourse, Bruxelles, 22 septembre 2002 Qualité de la vie dans les villes européennes Je crois que la plupart des citoyens européens partagent mes préoccupations sur la qualité de vie dans un grand...
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Agenda, Friends of the Presidency Group (Food Safety/GMOs), 26/27 Sep.
Copenhagen, 23 Sep 2002 DATE: 26 and September 2002 TIME: 9.30 VENUE: Council Secretariat JUSTUS LIPSIUS BUILDING Rue de la Loi 175, 1048 BRUSSELS 1. Proposal for a Regulation of the European...
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MEPs meet Russian aerospace experts to discuss EU-Russian relations
Brussels, 23 Sep 2002 The European Parliament's sky and space intergroup will meet on 25 September in Strasbourg, France, to discuss relations between the EU and Russia. This will be the first time...
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ESA hunts down transmitters of radio signals in the Galileo frequency
Brussels, 23 Sep 2002 The European space agency (ESA) has spent the summer tracking down radio signals broadcast in the same frequency that Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system, will use....
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KNMI forecast for breakup of the Antarctic ozone hole
Paris, 23 Sep 2002 Antarctic forecast: premature break-up of ozone hole this week Based on satellite data from the European Space Agency, the national meteorological centre of the Netherlands...
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Update 12:40
Lib-Dems brand HE as 'unfit' for expansion Universities are barely fit for their present role, let alone the demands of expansion made of them by government, according to Liberal Democrat education...
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Today's news
No cash for extra students after A-level debacle Universities will not receive extra money for taking on additional students caught in the A-level re-grading debacle, the Department for...
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Latest research news
California allows stem-cell research California has adopted a law that opens the state’s doors to stem-cell researchers, in a move that runs contrary to White House policy. (Guardian) Research link...