Innovation takes the chore out of oil cleanups
Brussels, 29 Apr 2003 Cleaning up after oil spills like last year's Prestige disaster can be a labour-intensive and dirty business. But help is at hand. Several European projects have come up with...
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Commission workshops strengthen collaboration between researchers and policy makers
Brussels, 29 Apr 2003 Collaboration between researchers and policy makers, of the kind seen during a workshop organised to tackle social exclusion in Brussels in October 2002, is vital in order to...
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Human language technologies must be represented within the ERA, argues study
Brussels, 29 Apr 2003 A study supported by the EU has revealed that Germany, the UK and the Netherlands are Europe's leaders in human language technologies (HLT), and has recommended that the field...
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UK government announces 2 million euro boost for women scientists
Brussels, 29 Apr 2003 Patricia Hewitt, UK Minister for Trade and Industry, has unveiled a 2 million euro scheme to encourage female scientists to return to work and more women to pursue scientific...
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Mice, like humans, use 'landmarks' to get about, shows study
Brussels, 29 Apr 2003 Wood mice are as clever as humans when it comes to finding their way around, claims a recent study published in the BioMed central journal on ecology. Pavel Stopka and David...
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'Malaria worse than Sars' Malaria in the poorest parts of Africa is a far greater tragedy than Sars could ever be, health campaigners have said. They are calling on governments to step up the fight...
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Researchers highlight scientific perspectives of ethical stem cell research debate
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 The presence of some of Europe's leading stem cell researchers at the inter-institutional seminar on bioethics in Brussels on 24 April served an important dual purpose. As...
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Report on Human embryonic stem cells research in the Sixth Framework Programme for Research, link to webcast of Inter-institutional Seminar on Bioethics
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 Report on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research French English German Executive Summary in Dutch Webcast of seminar (held 24 April) DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/...
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FP6 seminar to discuss proposal and contractual procedures
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 A seminar focusing on the proposal and contractual procedures of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place on and 28 May in Istanbul, Turkey. The main objective of the...
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Europe's aerospace industry commits to a common research strategy
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 The European aerospace industry has agreed on a set of guidelines for customer-supplier relationships, one of which calls for the creation of a common research and development...
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Busquin calls for closer relations between ESA and the EU
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 At a meeting of the European Parliament's Sky and Space Intergroup, guest speaker and EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin claimed that a consolidated approach to space...
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Alternatives to animal testing
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 MEP Bob van den Bos will host a seminar on alternatives to animal testing at the European Parliament in Brussels on 7 May. The main speaker at the event will be Professor...
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New Director of Launchers named at ESA
Paris, 28 Apr 2003 Meeting at the Agency's headquarters in Paris, the ESA Council appointed Mr Antonio Fabrizi, an Italian, to the post of Director of Launchers, for a four-year term. Antonio Fabrizi...
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University of Babylon ready to reopen The University of Babylon expects to be fully operational by next week, according to officials. Up to 3,000 of its students, almost half its total number, had...
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Colleges seek new ILAs As the £100 million scandal of the individual learning accounts scheme came in for further damning criticism last week, colleges have said that they want to see a better...