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Hodge adjusts definition of a university Plans to scrap the traditional, internationally recognised definition of a university and grant the title to at least seven more institutions were announced...
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Heidelberg molecular catalysis forum 2003
Brussels, 02 Jun 2003 The annual forum of molecular catalysis will take place on June, in Heidelberg, Germany. Leading researchers in the field of molecular catalysis will present their work during a...
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Mars Express en route for the Red Planet
Paris, 02 Jun 2003 The European Mars Express space probe has been placed successfully in a trajectory that will take it beyond the terrestrial environment and on the way to Mars – getting there in...
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Human mission to Mars: the second Aurora Working Meeting
Paris, 02 Jun 2003 While final preparations continue for the launch of ESA's Mars Express – the Agency's first mission to explore the Red Planet - European scientists and engineers are also looking...
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EU chemicals legislation: a unique opportunity to control unlabeled household chemicals, claims Greenpeace
Brussels, 02 Jun 2003 The EU's proposed new chemicals legislation is a unique chance to bring unlabeled hazardous household chemicals under control, according to a recent study carried out by...
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Researchers develop adhesive based on gecko's 'sticky' feet
Brussels, 02 Jun 2003 Researchers from the UK have developed a new type of adhesive that uses microscopic plastic fibres to cling to surfaces such as glass. The discovery could soon allow humans to...
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Science and Technology for Sustainable Development - a G8 Action Plan
Evian, France, 02 Jun 2003 We recognise the need, as acknowledged in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) Plan of Implementation, to support the development of cleaner, sustainable and...
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Health - A G8 Action Plan
Evian, France, 02 Jun 2003 Global health crises call for close international co-operation on policies and methods. We reaffirm our commitment to achieving the development goals set out in the...
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Amendments on EP Report A5-0154/2003 (Recommendation for second reading of a draft regulation on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms)
Brussels, 02 Jun 2003 Full text of Amendments 001 - 018 PIN archive of Amendments 001 - 018 28 May 2003 A5-0154/ 1-18 AMENDMENTS 1-18 tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and...
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Viviane Reding: "Making European Higher Education a Worldwide Reference", EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions, Graz, 29 May 2003
Graz, 29 May 2003 Minister Elisabeth Gehrer, Professor Froment, President of the EUA Rectors and representatives of the European Higher Education Sector, Ladies and Gentlemen Two years after...
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Academia Europea questions feasibility of the Commission's communication on the role of universities
Brussels, 02 Jun 2003 The Academia Europea has called into question the feasibility of the 'laudable and ambitious' goals of the Commission's recent communication on the role of universities in the '...
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Commission hosts workshop on e-work collaboration
Brussels, 02 Jun 2003 The European Commission's Directorate General Information Society is organising a workshop aimed at exploring future developments in mobile and location-independent e-work in...
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Mugabe's forces flog student protesters Police firing teargas and supported by helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles moved to crush the start of mass action in Zimbabwe yesterday aimed at forcing...
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eTransformation focus of 16th Bled e-commerce conference
Brussels, 30 May 2003 A conference on eTransformation will take place in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 11 June. Between 200 and 300 researcher and decision makers from Europe and beyond are expected to...