Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the Solar System
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 Europe's Rosetta cometary probe has been successfully launched into an orbit around the Sun, which will allow it to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 after three...
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Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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EU-US agreement gives Galileo the green light
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 After three years of talks, the EU and the US have finally reached agreement on the frequency to be used by Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system, clearing the way for...
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Spain to build Europe's most powerful computer
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 Spain is set to build the world's second most powerful super computer and the most powerful one in Europe, the Spanish Minister for Science and Technology, Juan Costa, has...
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Two workshops on finance in FP6 to be held in April
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 Two workshops on the financial principles of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, and Pisa, Italy, on 6 and 22 April respectively. On...
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Today's news
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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EU-US agreement gives Galileo the green light
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 After three years of talks, the EU and the US have finally reached agreement on the frequency to be used by Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system, clearing the way for...
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Spain to build Europe's most powerful computer
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 Spain is set to build the world's second most powerful super computer and the most powerful one in Europe, the Spanish Minister for Science and Technology, Juan Costa, has...
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Two workshops on finance in FP6 to be held in April
Brussels, 01 Mar 2004 Two workshops on the financial principles of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, and Pisa, Italy, on 6 and 22 April respectively. On...
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Parliament publishes call for scientific consultancy services
Brussels, Feb 2004 The European Parliament has published a call for tenders aimed at selecting a service provider to provide scientific advice to its Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (...
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Letter from UNICE Secretary General Philippe de Buck to Alexander Schaub, Director-General of DG Internal Market, on the Community Patent
Brussels, Feb 2004 The letter as a document image file on the UNICE website Dear Mr Schaub, Thank you for your letter of 9 February 2004 in response to our assessment of the current package regarding...
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Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons
Paris, Feb 2004 Today's launch of Flight 158 with the Rosetta spacecraft will be delayed by a few days to allow for a minor repair to the external thermal protection on Ariane 5's core cryogenic...
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Lecturers to take action over pay Lecturers yesterday voted to stop marking exams and essays in a pay row. The Association of University Teachers said more than 80 per cent of members had backed...
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Parliament publishes call for scientific consultancy services
Brussels, Feb 2004 The European Parliament has published a call for tenders aimed at selecting a service provider to provide scientific advice to its Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (...