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Brown promises money to commercialise research Chancellor Gordon Brown has promised more money for the commercialisation of university research. In his Mansion House speech in the City last...
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Today's papers
Degrees boost earning power A university degree can boost earning power by up to £15,000 a year, figures from the Careers Services Unit reveal. ( Guardian, Independent ) Degree of uncertainty The...
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Envisat breaks the terabyte barrier
Paris, 25 June 2002 Only three months after the launch of ESA’s Envisat spacecraft, the largest and most capable satellite ever built to monitor the Earth’s environment, the Envisat system recently...
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Coming to a cinema near you - digital fidelity, courtesy of ESA
Paris, 25 June 2002 We've got digital television. Next comes digital cinema. Thanks to ESA, cinema-goers in five European countries will be able to get an early taste of the new technology later this...
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Better worldwide management of GMOs: the EU ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Worldwide access to better information on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) moved a step closer today when the European Union ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety....
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Commission to double pharmaceutical research spending but more needs to be done
Brussels, 25 June 2002 "I would like Europe to become a centre of excellence and a focus for pharmaceutical research once again", stated EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin today at the annual...
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(Full Report) Preparations for the Health Council in Luxembourg on 26 June
Brussels, 25 June 2002 (Thorsten Münch, Per Haugaard) Commissioners David Byrne, responsible for Health and Consumer Protection, and Erkki Liikanen, responsible for Enterprise and Information Society...
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EP Briefing 2002-07-01: MEPs urge 0.5% threshold for labelling of authorised GMOs (codecision - amendments to draft regulation)
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Reporting for the Environment Committee Karin SCHEELE (PES, D) will be presenting a second draft legislative resolution on GMOs focussing on the authorisation and labelling...
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Fight against cancer: EU research develops cancer-killing isotopes
Heidelberg, Germany, 25 June 2002 Highly promising results from clinical trials indicate that alpha-emitting radioisotopes can kill cancer cells. A recent workshop in Heidelberg organised by ITU,...
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New website to help UK organisations share in FP6 IST funding
Brussels, 25 June 2002 UK organisations are being urged to register on a new website designed to advise them on how best to claim a share of the 3.6 billion euro funding allocated to European IT (...
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Data interchange network paves way for an enlarged Europe
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Administrations in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia will be able to exchange data with EU Member States' back offices on how to supply e-government...
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Human cells and tissues (Preparations for the Health Council in Luxembourg on 26 June)
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Commissioner Byrne will present the Commission's proposal for a Directive on safety and quality standards for human cells and tissues used in therapy throughout the European...
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EP Briefing 2002-07-01: Tighter rules on traceability for GMO products (codecision - amendments to draft regulation)
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Antonios TRAKATELLIS (EPP-ED, GR) will be presenting the first of two draft legislative resolutions on GMOs. A majority of MEPs in the Environment Committee is demanding more...
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EP Briefing 2002-07-01: 6th Framework Research Programme: final deal on the rules (codecision and consultation - compromise deal on draft Decisions)
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 In two joint legislative draft resolutions from the Committee on Industry and Research, a compromise deal reached between the reporter Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D...
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A new planetary system - and it looks like home
A new planetary system - and it looks like home Brussels, 25 June 2002 Scientists from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search team, in collaboration with American astronomers from the Keck and Lick...