EU rules on GM labelling come into force
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 New EU rules on the labelling and tracing of genetically modified (GM) foods came into effect on 18 April. The rules, described by the European Commission as the toughest GM...
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MoU for the Implementation of a European Concerted Research Action, "Human Rights, Peace and Security in EU Foreign Policy" (link)
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 Full text of Document 262/04 Suite of documents 262/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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MoU for the Implementation of a European Concerted Research Action, "Human and Organisational Factors in Industrial Planning and Scheduling - Hops" (link)
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 Full text of Document 263/04 Suite of documents 263/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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Putting ERA-NET's wheels in motion
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 Today's launch of a special networking programme for transport research, ERA-NET TRANSPORT, sets the scene for a broader European vision in this important sector. With EU...
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Swedish researchers say all non-hereditary cancers have the same developmental mechanism - fusion proteins
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 Cancer is one of Europe's biggest killers. New light shed by Swedish scientists on the nature of tumours promises to further our understanding of how this deadly affliction...
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Accession countries express concern for EU science
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 At a recent conference on 'Science and Society in an enlarged European Union,' organised by the Slovenian parliament, representatives of the ten accession countries expressed...
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Europe's first nano textile conference announced
Brussels, 19 Apr 2004 The European NanoBusiness Association is organising Europe's first conference on nanotechnology in the textiles sector, EuroNano Tex 2004, in Barcelona, Spain, on 28 and 29 June...
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DELTA mission heading to ISS with Dutch ESA astronaut
Paris, 19 Apr 2004 The DELTA mission, with European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers, and the ISS Expedition 9 crew lifted off today in the Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft on flight 8S to the...
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Government pays children to stay at school A £450 million scheme to persuade more young people to remain in education after 16 was launched yesterday as part of a government move to divert more of...
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Report on the Proposed Council Decision Authorising the Placing on the Market of Sweet Corn from Genetically Modified Maize
Brussels, 16 Apr 2004 Full text of Document 8341/04 Suite of documents 8341/04 No. Cion prop.: 5916/04 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of sweet corn...
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Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU (link)
Brussels, 15 April 2004 What are GMOs and GMMs? Genetic modification, genetic engineering or recombinant-DNA technology, first applied in the 1970s is one of the newest methods to introduce novel...
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Institutions for the transfer of technology from science to enterprises - reference database (links)
Brussels, 16 Apr 2004 Innovation is all about connections - frequently to research results and science. A new database of European technology transfer institutions not only shows how many such...
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European scientists discover gene associated with early onset of Parkinson's disease
Brussels, 16 Apr 2004 A team of European and US scientists at the University College London's Institute of Neurology has discovered a new gene involved in the early development of Parkinson's disease...
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Test to increase success rate of transplant operations developed by UK-German partnership
Brussels, 16 Apr 2004 A UK-German project, supported by Eureka, has led to the development of a new test that can significantly decrease the chances of organ rejection following a transplant...
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UK-Spanish collaboration set to uncover thousands of new planets
Brussels, 16 Apr 2004 UK and Spanish astronomers are to begin using a newly constructed instrument based on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain, to chart thousands of as yet undiscovered planets...