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Research funding wasted, say MPs Dozens of the best medical scientists are being starved of money because the government's funding body prefers to support speculative projects that may never help...
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Measures: Building the knowledge-based economy (Extract from Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council, 20-21 March)
Bruxelles, le 21 mars 2003 Medium-term growth performance in Europe depends on tapping new sources of growth. Efficient and increasing public and private investment in all areas of the knowledge...
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Thessaloniki to host conference on emerging technologies in non-destructive testing
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 A conference on emerging technologies in non-destructive testing will take place from 26 to 28 May in Thessaloniki, Greece. Non-destructive testing is a branch of engineering...
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FP6 model contract available online
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 The Research DG of the European Commission has published online the approved model core contract for the new instruments of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The standard...
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New French nanoelectronics facility provides business model for European R&D
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 A new research and development (R&D) facility for nanoelectronics has opened in Grenoble. The Crolles 2 project, opened by French President Jacques Chirac, currently...
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2003 ESARDA symposium, Stockholm, Sweden
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 The 2003 ESARDA (European safeguards research and development association) symposium will take place from 13 to 15 May in Stockholm, Sweden. ESARDA is an association of European...
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ESA's Rosetta mission: A status report
Paris, 21 Mar 2003 Following the decision not to launch Europe's comet chaser Rosetta in January, scientists and engineers in the programme have been examining several alternative mission scenarios....
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Benchmarking Europe's innovative regions
Brussels, 21 Mar 2003 Coming shortly after the publication of both the Commission communication on innovation policy and the innobarometer, the presentation of the 'monitoring innovation in regions...
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Another piece of Europe in your pocket
Paris, 21 Mar 2003 Health-care experts met in Barcelona last weekend to discuss what an EU press release describes as "another piece of Europe in your pocket". The workshop on electronic health cards...
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Today's news
Oxbridge courts primary school children State-school children as young as ten are being courted by Oxford and Cambridge in an attempt to increase the numbers of working-class students...
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Update: 14:50
Exam results improve with fatherly input Children with fathers involved in their upbringing are more successful in exams and less likely to get a criminal record, a conference in Oxford is to hear...
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Mars Express leaves for Baikonur
Paris, 20 Mar 2003 Mars Express, the first European spacecraft to visit the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months extensive thermal environmental, mechanical and...
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Science and technology transfer event, Copenhagen
Brussels, 20 Mar 2003 The association of European science and technology transfer professionals (ASTP) will hold a conference on 'best practices in transfer of science and technology' in Copenhagen,...
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EU and Russia strengthen cooperation in space
Brussels, 20 Mar 2003 Both EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and Director-General of Rosaviakosmos, the Russian space agency, Yuri Koptev, made moves to further strengthen cooperation in the...
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ESA presents SMART-1: Europe to the Moon, the Moon for Europe
Paris, 20 Mar 2003 The European Space Agency will present its SMART-1 lunar mission to the press on 3 April 2003. The event will take place at the European Space Technology Research Centre (ESTEC),...