Academics set to sell more expertise
Academics' commercial consultancy work is set to join teaching and research as a core university activity, vice-chancellors predicted this week. The Universities UK good practice guide Optimising...
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Biotech Infrastructure Support Through EIB Loan
Luxembourg, 07 Oct 2002 The European Investment Bank has signed a loan for an amount of EUR 28 million to support infrastructure development for BioValley, the biotech facility management arm of the...
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European Research Policy - Council Conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, Competitiveness Council, 24 September)
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 Following to an exchange of views on the Commission's Communication on the evaluation of the new instruments of the 6th Framework Programme, which followed the report of the...
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Road transport research advisory council starts work
Brussels, 26 Jun 2003 The work of the new European road transport research advisory council (ERTRAC) got underway on 25 June when all members came together for the first time in Brussels. EU Research...
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Europeans don't trust junk food, says European survey
Brussels, 06 Apr 2004 The EU 'trust in food' project, funded under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), has published the results of a study showing that Europeans' trust in processed-food, meat and...
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Women entrepreneurs scoop two of three IST grand prizes
Brussels, Apr 2005 Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding declared herself surprised but very pleased that female innovators stole the limelight at the 2005 Information Society...
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Slowly but surely - Artemis heads towards its working position
Paris, 17 May 2002 The experimental ion propulsion system designed to test a new form of technology for station-keeping on future satellites is performing well in its new role to get ESA's Artemis to...
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Eat, drink and be merry...
...for tomorrow thinness may be out of vogue. While modern societies see fatness as undesirable, many past cultures considered it a virtue. What drives our attitudes? asks Felipe Fernández-Armesto In...
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Commission's guidelines on co-existence of GM with conventional and organic farming (link)
Brussels, 29 July 2003 Commission Recommendation of 23 July 2003 on guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the coexistence of genetically modified crops...
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All systems are go for new Research InfoCentre
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 Finally, a faster way to find research stories and information on Europa, the Commission's web service. After many months of preparation and with greater emphasis on...
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Sweden's research community calls for a sea change in government policy
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 The scientific community in Sweden is calling for a change of direction in government research policy, prompted by fears that the country is losing ground on its international...
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Sweden's research community calls for a sea change in government policy
Brussels, 31 Oct 2003 The scientific community in Sweden is calling for a change of direction in government research policy, prompted by fears that the country is losing ground on its international...
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FP7 will address new global paradigms, says Acting Head of Unit
Brussels, 28 May 2004 Presenting the future of the EU information and communication technology (ICT) research agenda to an audience of Finnish ICT experts on 26 May, Khalil Rouhana, acting Head of...
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Creating new knowledge in nanotechnology and turning it into better quality of life, competitiveness and jobs
Brussels, 12 May 2004 The European Commission today adopted an EU strategy to help Europe to become world leader in the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology the science of the infinitely small...
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EUREKA project develops cheaper cleaner process for dying fabric
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 In an attempt to offer a cleaner and more cost effective alternative to traditional methods of dying fabric, a project funded by EUREKA has developed a method that uses...