Kon-Tiki adventure in space age style
Paris, 03 Nov 2003 Assisted by ESA technology, Frenchwoman Raphaëla le Gouvello has completed a remarkable odyssey – a single-handed windsurfer crossing of the Pacific Ocean. It is a successful...
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Case against Netherlands for failing to legislate on biotech patents - Case Filing C-395/03: Commission v Netherlands
Luxembourg, 1 November 2003 Action brought on 19 September 2003 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Case C-395/03) Official Journal publication of...
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New FP6UK service to help UK universities and businesses access EU research and development cash
London, 3 November 2003 A new Government initiative was launched today to help UK organisations benefit from European Union funding for research and development projects. The Framework Programme is...
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2bn-letter dictionary of DNA completed Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge have set a new world record. They have decoded 2 billion letters of the alphabet of life, and...
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EESC Opinion: Amendment specific RTD programmes - Strengthening the European research area
Brussels, 29 October 2003 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2002/834/EC on the specific programme for research,...
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EESC Opinion: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Brussels, 29 October 2003 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Centre for...
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Novel flu treatment knocks out symptoms – in mice, anyway
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 Scientists report they have treated the world's most deadly type of flu. If effective in humans, the treatment could halt the spread of future pandemics, such as SARS – at the...
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Sweden's research community calls for a sea change in government policy
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 The scientific community in Sweden is calling for a change of direction in government research policy, prompted by fears that the country is losing ground on its international...
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EU and China hail success of 'Digital Olympics' programme
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 Leading politicians attending the EU-China summit in Beijing on 30 October welcomed progress made on scientific and technological cooperation, but called for the further joint...
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First large scale release of nanotechnology product into the environment provokes concern
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 An international action group has expressed its concern following the largest environmental release to date of a product created using nanotechnology. A solution intended to...
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German government commits to further funding for genome research network
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 German Research Minister Edelgard Bulmahn has pledged to inject 135 million euro into a national genome research network despite the 'difficult budgetary situation in Europe'....
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International conference on Galileo maritime applications
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 The Foundation Ingeniero Jorge Juan is organising a conference on Galileo maritime applications, to take place from 6 to 8 November in Ferrol, Spain. The event will feature...
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Signals from space enable earthquake detection
Paris, 31 Oct 2003 A violent earthquake that cracked highways in Alaska set the sky shaking as well as the land, an ESA-backed study has confirmed. This fact could help improve earthquake detection...
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Today's news
2bn-letter dictionary of DNA completed Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge have set a new world record. They have decoded 2 billion letters of the alphabet of life, and...
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EESC Opinion: Amendment specific RTD programmes - Strengthening the European research area
Brussels, 29 October 2003 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2002/834/EC on the specific programme for research,...