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Rolls-Royce threat to move research out of UK Sir John Rose, chief executive of the jet engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, is threatening to move the company's remaining research and technology...
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Managing industrial property rights in biotechnology
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A seminar on industrial property rights in biotechnology will take place from 19 to 23 January in Nice, France. The event is aimed at persons seeking to use intellectual...
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France failed to transpose some articles of directive on release of GMOs: judgment
Luxembourg, 20 November 2003 C-296/01, Commission of the European Communities v French Republic Judgment of the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) on 20 November 2003 (link to English version when...
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EUR 1 million Descartes Prize rewards excellence in high-tech and fundamental science
Brussels, 20 November 2003 Today in Rome European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin awarded the EU Descartes Prize to two pan-European research teams, who presented outstanding projects in the...
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Finalised Text of Council Decision on the Accession of Canada to the Agreement Establishing an International Science and Technology Centre Between the USA, Japan, the Russian Federation and Euratom/EE
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 Full text of Document 14850/03 Suite of documents 14850/03 Subject: Council Decision on the accession of Canada to the Agreement establishing an International Science and...
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MoU for the Implementation of a European Concerted Research Action Designated as COST Action A25 "European Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence" (link)
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 Full text of Document 296/03 Suite of documents 296/03 Attached is the text of the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 13 November 2003 by Belgium,...
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EU funded embryonic stem cell research secures Parliament's backing
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A controversial vote in the European Parliament on whether the EU should fund research using tissue from human embryos has resulted in a victory for those in favour of allowing...
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Network aims to inspire internal market in European public sector information
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 As the European Parliament considers legislation on the re-use and commercial exploitation of public sector information, an EU funded project is working to create the conditions...
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Philippe Busquin: L'avenir de la recherche: les jeunes et l'Europe, Conférence "L'avenir de la Recherche", Rome, 20 novembre 2003
Rome, 20 novembre 2003 La question des Ressources humaines de la Recherche est au coeur des actions entreprises par l'Union européenne pour stimuler l'attractivité de l'Europe comme pôle d'excellence...
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France to kick-start private research investment with creation of new foundations
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 French Minister for Research and New Technologies, Claudie Haigneré, has admitted that 2003 has been a difficult year for French researchers. She claimed, however, that things...
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Creating the perfect FP6 proposal
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A workshop aimed at members of the research community who are beginning to develop a proposal for an EU funded Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project will be held in Cambridge...
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Challenges to European competitiveness
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A European Commission conference on challenges to European competitiveness will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 December. Policy responses to get Europe back on the Lisbon...
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Space science joins battle against cancer
Paris, 20 Nov 2003 Ground-breaking techniques which will be used to find tiny planets orbiting stars outside our Solar System are already being developed to help scientists detect cells in the early...
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Minister's dynamic double act
Apologising for education secretary Charles Clarke's absence at last week's Association of Colleges conference, higher education minister Alan Johnson said: "Charles and I like to come to events like...
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Student calls for royal coup
Prince Philip's verbal gaffes have led a student to challenge his life chancellorship of Edinburgh University. Jeremy Kemp has tabled a motion for next week's students' association annual general...