Blacksmith's secret revealed
Brussels, 18 Nov 2002 The scientific truth behind the age-old blacksmith's secret that the strongest steel is formed by rapidly cooling it has been revealed by a joint Dutch, Danish and French...
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3G manufacturers to have better access to patents
Brussels, 18 Nov 2002 The European Commission has granted antitrust clearance to a package aimed at giving third generation (3G) mobile equipment manufacturers better access to patents. Easier access...
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Merger killed by dons' opposition Plans to merge two London colleges into a "super-versity" were abandoned yesterday after running into stiff opposition from academic staff. The proposal to combine...
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Clarke delivers cash-for-reforms message to FE Education secretary Charles Clarke was today bringing the government's cash-for-reforms message to further education colleges. They must do better in...
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Portugal, the candidate countries and the ERA
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 A conference on 'Portugal, candidate countries and ERA [European Research Area]' will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on 17 and 18 January. The aim of the event is to bridge the...
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Results of Competitiveness Council, Brussels,14th November 2002 Community Patent
Brussels, 15 th November 2002 The Council held a further discussion on the main outlines of the future jurisdictional system for the proposed Community Patent (see MEMO/01/451 , IP/00/714 and MEMO/00...
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World Wide Web Consortium Royalty-Free Patent Policy, Working Draft of 14 November 2002
http://www.w3.org 14 November 2002 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today published a revised, Last Call Working Draft of its Royalty-Free Patent Policy whose goal is to enable W3C Recommendations...
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Report on Directive 86/609 on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 FINAL A5-0387/2002 13 November 2002 REPORT on Directive 86/609 on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes Full text [...] Differing...
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South Africa highlights the importance of EU research partnership to the developing world
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 Representatives from the government of South Africa have called on the EU to continue its research partnerships with the developing world as a tool for social and economic...
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Commission requests studies on environmental management systems for SMEs
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for studies on factors, policies and initiatives conducive to the implementation of environmental management systems in...
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Participating in European Research - the new guide to participating in the Sixth Framework Programme (link)
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 Guide to participating in FP6 DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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European business leaders join the Commission in growing call for urgent hike in research spending
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 European business leaders have added their voices to calls for increased research efforts to strengthen EU competitiveness, economic growth and employment. The call came during...
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UNICE position on "Life sciences and biotechnology - a strategy for Europe"
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 Full text of Document 14285/02 14 November 2002 In the context of the forthcoming Council discussions relating to the above mentioned subject and proposed Council conclusions,...
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ECSITE launches website for the public debate of life sciences
Brussels, 15 Nov 2002 On 14 November, the European collaborative for science, industry and technology exhibitions (ECSITE) launched BIONET, an online project to encourage public debate on...
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ESA's shortcut to a comet
Paris, 15 Nov 2002 Night owls across Europe, get ready. On the night of 18-19 November 2002, you may see a spectacular sky show. As tiny particles in Comet 55/P Tempel-Tuttle's tail enter Earth's...