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Research funding wasted, say MPs Dozens of the best medical scientists are being starved of money because the government's funding body prefers to support speculative projects that may never help...
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Commission raises profile of researchers to stop the brain drain
Brussels, 24 March 2003 In order to achieve the objective of raising Europe's investment in research to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), as decided at the Barcelona European Council meeting in...
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Summary of Conclusions of the meeting of the COST Strategy Issues Group (SIG), 7 March 2003 (link)
Brussels, 24 Mar 2003 Full text of Document 223/03 Subject: Third meeting of the COST Strategy Issues Group (SIG) held in Brussels on 7 March 2003 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The Group adopted the...
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How fish oils can stifle greenhouse gases
Brussels, 24 Mar 2003 Farm animals produce around 22% of global emissions of the greenhouse gas methane. But Belgian scientists found a drop of fish oil in animal fodder could nearly halve that...
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UK opens new centres for scientific research
Brussels, 24 Mar 2003 March is shaping up to be a big month for UK research. Officials announced the opening of new research centres to tackle two pressing subjects facing European scientists in the...
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Scientific and innovative action are key to solving global water crisis, concludes report
Brussels, 24 Mar 2003 Ongoing coordinated scientific and innovative action is essential to tackling the global water crisis. This is just one of the conclusions from a recently published Commission...
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European scientists develop mouse model to study disease susceptibility in humans
Brussels, 24 Mar 2003 European scientists have recently developed a new method for studying gene mutations, which could lead to better understanding and treatment of childhood leukemias in humans....
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International conference on intelligence in next generation networks
Brussels, 24 Mar 2003 The eighth international conference on intelligence in next generation networks will take place from 31 March to 3 April in Bordeaux, France. Co organised by the association for...
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Europe's biggest university stops for the war The Academic Senate of Rome's La Sapienza University, Europe's largest university with 160,000 students, suspended teaching today for "reflection and...
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Research funding wasted, say MPs Dozens of the best medical scientists are being starved of money because the government's funding body prefers to support speculative projects that may never help...
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Measures: Building the knowledge-based economy (Extract from Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council, 20-21 March)
Bruxelles, le 21 mars 2003 Medium-term growth performance in Europe depends on tapping new sources of growth. Efficient and increasing public and private investment in all areas of the knowledge...
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Thessaloniki to host conference on emerging technologies in non-destructive testing
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 A conference on emerging technologies in non-destructive testing will take place from 26 to 28 May in Thessaloniki, Greece. Non-destructive testing is a branch of engineering...
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FP6 model contract available online
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 The Research DG of the European Commission has published online the approved model core contract for the new instruments of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The standard...
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New French nanoelectronics facility provides business model for European R&D
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 A new research and development (R&D) facility for nanoelectronics has opened in Grenoble. The Crolles 2 project, opened by French President Jacques Chirac, currently...
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2003 ESARDA symposium, Stockholm, Sweden
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 The 2003 ESARDA (European safeguards research and development association) symposium will take place from 13 to 15 May in Stockholm, Sweden. ESARDA is an association of European...