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Germans give English le coup de grâce Linguists in Germany yesterday called on the nation to use French words in place of their popular English equivalents in protest at the US-led war...
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Science and technology finds favour in candidate countries despite barriers, claims report
Brussels, 04 Apr 2003 Candidate countries remain optimistic about science, despite a lack of information and knowledge as well as poor career prospects for scientists, claims the candidate countries...
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Central Electronic Deposit System for Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings
Geneva, 04 Apr 2003 Document prepared by the International Bureau Full text BACKGROUND 1. At its third session, the Working Group agreed that, in order to facilitate the processing of sequence...
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Contractual Practices and Clauses Relating to Intellectual Property, Access to Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ and Benefit-sharing
Geneva, 04 Apr 2003 Document prepared by the Secretariat Full text I. OVERVIEW 1. This document provides updated input into the work of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and...
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EUR 13 million scheme to boost Candidate Countries' participation in EU research
Brussels, 4 April 2003 The Commission today launched €13 million worth of "specific support actions" to stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of the 13 Associated Candidate Countries...
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Calls for the UK government to invest more in renewable energy research
Brussels, 04 Apr 2003 The UK government must invest more on energy research if it is to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 60 per cent over the next fifty years - the goal outlined by the government in...
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34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Day Three: peaceful skies and a flying carpet
Paris, 04 Apr 2003 The skies above France fell quiet on Thursday due to a national air traffic controllers' strike. Hearing of it the night before, some microgravity experimenters worried the 34th...
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Integrated approach needed to ensure technology deployment for road safety, says Liikanen
Brussels, 04 Apr 2003 To successfully develop the right kind of technologies for road safety, an integrated approach that takes into account the driver, the vehicle and the road infrastructure is...
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The European Space Agency and Hungary to develop closer relations
Paris, 04 Apr 2003 On Monday 7 April, in Budapest, H.E. Mr Kálmán Kovács, Hungarian Minister of Informatics, and Mr Jean-Pol Poncelet, ESA Director of Strategy and External Relations, on behalf of...
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Co-existence of genetically modified and conventional crops: roundtable on latest research results
Brussels, 4 April 2003 A roundtable meeting to examine the latest research results on the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops will be hosted by the European Commission on Thursday 24 April. A wide...
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MEPs and MPs urge rapid launch of Galileo
Brussels, 04 Apr 2003 More than 200 European and national members of parliament have signed a petition, addressed to the Council and European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA) and European...
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Africa's great apes face extinction In a study published on the online version of the journal Nature, s cientists from Princeton University say that more than half of Africa's chimpanzees and...
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Update: 13:20
Hong-Kong conference postponed due to SARS risk The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong has forced organisers of this June's conference of the International Council on Distance...
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Science in the Candidate Countries: enthusiastic but with poor prospects, the young abandon research careers
Brussels, 3 April 2003 Important questions for the future of science in an enlarged Europe are raised by a Commission survey published today. More than half of all people questioned had little...
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New opportunities for business in space – ESA at Hannover Fair 2003
Paris, 03 Apr 2003 At the Hannover Fair 2003, ESA, together with partners DLR and BEOS, will present the wide range of opportunities for commercial utilisation and technology transfer created by...