Christmas on Mars: be there with ESA
Paris, 16 Dec 2003 Launched on 2 June 2003, after a six-month cruise at an average speed of about 10 kilometres per second and covering a distance of about 400 million kilometres, ESA's Mars Express...
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ESA/Inmarsat agreement to improve satellite mobile phone and data services
Paris, 16 Dec 2003 An agreement signed by ESA and Inmarsat brings the reality of reliable mobile broadband communications services a step closer. For the first time, global mobile broadband services...
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British Museum grant to boost ties with Africa The prime minister, Tony Blair, last night announced a £500,000 grant to the British Museum to fund a five-year project celebrating the link between...
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Government must act now to save science The government must act now to tackle the "plummeting popularity" of the sciences in schools and universities, Sir Alistair MacFarlane, chair of the Royal...
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Embryonic stem cell research is 'a moral imperative', says German academy
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 Embryonic stem cell research is not only morally admissible, but may be a moral imperative, according to a report published by Europäische Akademie, a German foundation for the...
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Studying science linked to higher earnings
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 A UK report has found that students specialising in science before going to university are likely to have the highest salaries later on in their careers. The finding was the...
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EC-USA scientific cooperation
Strasbourg, 16 Dec 2003 Luis BERENGUER FUSTER (PES, E) Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement for scientific and...
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Finalised Text of the Decision on the Signature on of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement with Switzerland
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15753/03 Suite of documents 15753/03 Subject: Decision of the Council and of the Commission on the signature on behalf of the European Community and of the...
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Amendments on EP Report A5-0465/2003 (Report on coexistence between genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crops)
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 Full text of Amendments 001 - 002 PIN archive of Amendments 001 - 002 15 December 2003 A5-0465/ 1 AMENDMENT 1 tabled by Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ELDR Group REPORT by...
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M. Philippe Busquin Commissaire européen à la Recherche Eléments d'intervention - La recherche clinique en Europe l'Institut National pour la Santé et la Recherche Médicale Séminaire de l'INSERM Paris
Paris, le 15 d écembre 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, C'est avec plaisir que j'ai accepté l'invitation de Christian Bréchot pour adresser ce séminaire. Parce que la recherche médicale, et la recherche...
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Summit reaches consensus on information society plan of action
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 On the final day of the World Summit on the Information Society, the representatives of 176 different nations agreed on a 'plan of action' designed to deliver the benefits of...
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Beagle 2 leads the way for UK strategy in space
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 The UK science minister, Lord Sainsbury, unveiled his government's latest three year space strategy on 16 December, describing the Beagle 2 lander built for the European Mars...
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Call for proposals - aeronautics specific support actions
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 The European Commission has re-published a call for proposals in the area of 'aeronautics specific support actions' under the Sixth Framework Programme's activity 'aeronautics...
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Commission publishes aeronautics call for proposals
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals in the area of aeronautics under the Sixth Framework Programme's activity 'aeronautics and space'. This is one of the...
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Call for proposals: combating major diseases
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals in the area of 'Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' under the Sixth Framework Programme activity of...