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ITER (Extract from: Provisional Version, Competitiveness Council, 24 September)
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 Following the exchange of views, the Presidency concluded as follows: "The Council had an exchange of views on the line to take in the international negotiations on ITER, on 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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Nanotechnologies - 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 an European strategy for nanotechnology, the Council adopted the following conclusions: "THE COUNCIL OF...
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"I/A" Item Note: Adoption of a Council Decision Concerning Scientific and Technological Cooperation with the United States (link)
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12632/04 Suite of documents 12632/04 No. Cion prop.: 13729/03 RECH 178 USA 84 - COM(2003) 569 final Subject: Adoption of a Council Decision concerning the...
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The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to hold special session on governance 27/28 September
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) will hold a special session on and 28 September 2004 to agree important elements of a groundbreaking 10-year Plan, paving the way toward a...
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Hubble's deepest look into the Universe provides more questions than answers
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 The Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the deepest and most sensitive view of the distant Universe ever obtained, offering an insight into some of the earliest...
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Framework programme training courses, Brussels
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 Three one day courses on participating in the EU's research framework programmes will take place in Brussels, Belgium, between 16 and 18 November. The courses will address the...
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European-Israeli biotechnology transfer workshop
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 The first European-Israeli workshop on biotechnology transfer partnerships will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 28 and 29 November. The event is subtitled: 'from...
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Smart materials for medical applications
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 An international conference on nanotechnology and smart materials for medical applications will take place in Rome, Italy, on 29 and 30 November. The event will highlight the...
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Germany ratifies the Protocol of Amendment to the Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes
Strasbourg, 24 Sep 2004 Ambassador Roland WEGENER, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Council of Europe, today handed to Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO the instrument of ratification of the Protocol...
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Nobel art of being a man
Lives of the Laureates
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Wanted: good custodians to tame tantrums of 'child'
Our Affair with El Niño
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Rebuild the lost republic
Decline of the Public
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Secular saviour, economic demon
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