How to drop in on Titan
Paris, August 2003 You need to have thought of almost every eventuality when landing on a distant moon in a remote corner of the Solar System. You must have tested your spacecraft to its limits to be...
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ESA contributes to development of Digital and Electronic Cinema in Europe
Paris, 28 August 2003 The Italian Presidency of the European Union has organised a Seminar of European Union Ministers of Culture, to be held in Venice from 28 to 31 August, in conjunction with the...
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Earth at warmest levels for two millennia, claims new study
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 The authors of the most comprehensive study of climatic history ever undertaken have concluded that the Earth is hotter now than at any point during the last 2,000 years....
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Commission rejects request to establish a temporary ban on the use of GMOs in Upper Austria
Brussels, 2 September 2003 The European Commission has decided to reject a request from Austria to introduce national measures banning the use of GMOs in the region of Upper Austria for a three-year...
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'Ignorant' scientists threaten wildlife survival The international effort to save wildlife from extinction is threatened by scientists' "extraordinarily limited knowledge" of biodiversity, the Royal...
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No alternative to university top-up fees, says Clarke Education secretary Charles Clarke began his campaign to persuade Labour MPs to support university top-up fees yesterday by declaring that there...
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Commission Joint Research Centre assesses Portugal's worst forest fire season
Brussels, August 2003 Some 355 976 ha of land had been burnt in Portugal by 20 August 2003, 301 180 ha of which was forest, according to figures derived from satellite observations by the European...
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European Commission regrets the request for a WTO panel on GMOs
Brussels, 18 August 2003 Argentina, Canada and the U.S. have requested today the establishment of a WTO Panel on the EU´s approach to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). EU Trade Commissioner...
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Commissioner Busquin presents clinical trials programme to African Health Ministers
Brussels, 1 September 2003 At the WHO conference in Johannesburg on 1 September, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will present the Europe-Developing Countries Clinical Trials...
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EU project brings historic cement back to the market place
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 An EU project is aiming to re-establish the manufacture and use of roman cement - an obsolete historic binding material - to help safely restore Europe's heritage buildings to...
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Nanoforum seminar on FP6 and nanotechnology
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 The EU funded nanotechnology network Nanoforum, together with the Austrian national contact point BIT and the VDI, will hold an information seminar on nanotechnology research...
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European research helps fight fires in Southern Europe
Brussels, August 2003 Due to this summer's unprecedented heat wave, we have been witnessing particularly devastating fires in Southern Europe, particularly around the Mediterranean. Hundreds of...
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The meanings of genomics
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 An international seminar on 'the meanings of genomics' will take place from 20 to 22 November in Exeter, UK. The main aim of the conference will be to examine how genomic...
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A Critique of the Rapporteur's Explanatory Statement accompanying the JURI Report to the European Parliament on the proposed Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions
Brussels, 25 August 2003 The present document, written jointly by scholars specializing in the economics of innovation and intellectual property, critiques and corrects misleading impressions...
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An Open Letter to the European Parliament Concerning the Proposed Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions
Brussels, 25 August 2003 The undersigned economists have grave concerns about the proposed Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions that has emerged from the JURI committee...