Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the Solar System
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 Europe's Rosetta cometary probe has been successfully launched into an orbit around the Sun, which will allow it to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 after three...
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Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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Warwick enters £25m business partnership Corus, the steelmaker, is to invest £25 million in a research and development partnership with Warwick University to pioneer techniques in automotive...
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Europe to the conquest of comets: Commissioner Busquin welcomes Rosetta launch
Brussels, 2 March 2004 Today the European Space Agency's "Rosetta" comet-intercept spacecraft was launched in Kourou, French Guyana. European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin welcomed the lift-...
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Commission defends itself against FP6 funding criticisms
Brussels, 02 Mar 2004 The European Commission has responded to a European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) petition calling for a 'new and ambitious European science policy' and the restructuring...
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UK debates the pros and cons of animal testing
Brussels, 02 Mar 2004 A debate has been launched amongst the UK's scientific community, which has recently seen the publication of two opposing reports by renowned scientific bodies on the value of...
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the Solar System
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 Europe's Rosetta cometary probe has been successfully launched into an orbit around the Sun, which will allow it to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 after three...
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Today's news
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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EU-US agreement gives Galileo the green light
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 After three years of talks, the EU and the US have finally reached agreement on the frequency to be used by Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system, clearing the way for...
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Spain to build Europe's most powerful computer
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 Spain is set to build the world's second most powerful super computer and the most powerful one in Europe, the Spanish Minister for Science and Technology, Juan Costa, has...
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Two workshops on finance in FP6 to be held in April
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 Two workshops on the financial principles of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, and Pisa, Italy, on 6 and 22 April respectively. On...
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Today's news
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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EU-US agreement gives Galileo the green light
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 After three years of talks, the EU and the US have finally reached agreement on the frequency to be used by Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system, clearing the way for...