ESA's Rosetta spacecraft monitors Deep Impact
Paris, 21 Jun 2005 ESA's comet chaser Rosetta will take part in one of the world's largest astronomical observation campaigns - the Deep Impact event - while on its cruise to Comet 69P/Churyumov-...
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Cambridge academic warned over abusive e-mail A former Cambridge academic has been disciplined and warned about her behaviour after sending abusive e-mails to an investigative journalist. Dr Carol...
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P Nikiforos Diamandouros: Patients' rights in Europe today (link)
Strasbourg, 20 June 2005 "Patients' rights in Europe today" Speech by the European Ombudsman, Professor P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, to the Second Hygeia- Harvard Medical International Conference, "...
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Blair urges increased EU support for research and development
Brussels, 20 Jun 2005 Following the European Council meeting in Brussels on 17 and 18 June, the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair questioned the current prioritisation of the EU's budget and called for...
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Schizophrenia remedy found to inhibit SARS virus
Brussels, 20 Jun 2005 A medicine currently used to treat schizophrenia has been found to be effective in inhibiting the coronavirus of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), according to a...
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Science briefing gives support to networks in the social sciences
Brussels, 20 Jun 2005 While networks of researchers have long been championed at European level, for reasons including knowledge dissemination and the avoidance of duplication, most work has focused...
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Conference on renewable resources, from agriculture to plastic
Brussels, 20 Jun 2005 A conference on 'value added renewable resources, from agriculture to plastic', will take place in Roubaix, France, on 16 November. The aim of this conference is to provide a...
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Space observation to improve risk management of landslides, avalanches and floods in Alpine regions
Brussels, 20 June 2005 Under the 6th Framework Programme for Research (FP6) activity ‘Global Monitoring for Environment and Security’ , the Commission will provide €1.1m...
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More accurate climate change predictions
Brussels, 20 Jun 2005 They say 'great minds think alike' but the essence of large-scale integrated projects is to put the best minds – frequently from different disciplines –...
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ICC Panel Sets Out to Reassure Developing Countries about the Benefits of Protecting Intellectual Property
Paris, 20 Jun 2005 A move to reassure developing countries about the benefits of protecting intellectual property will take place on 21 June during the Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a...
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Survey on Managing the Transition to a Bio-based Economy (link)
Paris, 20 Jun 2005 Advances in biotechnology are driving a change towards wider and technologically-sophisticated use of biobased alternatives and bioprocesses across a range of industries. The...
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Scotland's universities 'must learn to exploit research' The principal of one of Scotland's most prestigious universities has called on the country's higher education sector to become more "...
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Barnett Christie Lectureship
Deadline: 15/09/2005
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, Monday 20 June 2005
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 Full text of Document 2252/05 1. Proposal for the 7th Framework Programme: - continuation of examination: a) "Socio-economic sciences and the humanities" b) "Security" doc. 8087...
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Industry must now make the case for JTIs, says Commission
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 In a staff working document published on 10 June, the Commission identifies six potential themes around which Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) could be established, but says...