How far can a dentist's drill go?
Paris, 09 Apr 2003 When ESA's Mars Express reaches the Red Planet in December 2003, there will be a drill on board its Beagle 2 lander. This drill will dig into the surface to take samples of the...
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Media invitation from PPARC: The science of Mars Express and Beagle 2
Paris, 09 Apr 2003 The countdown begins! With less than two months to go until the launch of Mars Express - the European Space Agency's mission to Mars - this is your opportunity to hear about the...
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First European Node for the International Space Station passed acceptance review
Paris, 09 Apr 2003 Node 2 will be formally delivered to the European Space Agency by ASI, the Italian Space Agency in mid-May 2003. Last week the first activity related to that delivery, the...
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CBI berates academic prejudice against business A quarter of Britain's biggest companies believe universities produce too many poor quality graduates who lack "business awareness", a survey...
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Bradford throws away £20,000 on name game The governing bodies of the University of Bradford and Bradford College have been condemned for wasting public money on a consultation exercise that states...
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New Technologies: IT Researchers and Innovators to compete for European prizes worth 700,000 euros to be awarded at the Milan IST 2003 Conference
Brussels, 8 April 2003 The European Information Society Technologies Prize is recognised as a distinguished European Prize for innovative products and services in the IT and Telecom sector. A total...
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Erasmus programme goes worldwide (codecision, establishment of programme approved)
Brussels, 08 Apr 2003 Marielle DE SARNEZ (EPP-ED, F) Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education...
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Debate on FP6 funding for stem cell research launched with publication of Commission report
Brussels, 08 Apr 2003 The scientific, ethical and legal implications related to funding human embryonic stem cell and human embryo research under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) have come under...
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European space industry prepares for critical Ariane 5 launch
Brussels, 08 Apr 2003 Arianespace, the company that makes Western Europe's only commercial space launcher, has announced that an Ariane 5 rocket is preparing to blast off from Kourou, French Guiana,...
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IT&T 2003 conference, Ireland
Brussels, 08 Apr 2003 IT&T 2003, a leading annual event for the Irish telecommunications sector, will take place in Letterkenny, Ireland, from 22 to 23 October 2003. The event is an...
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Nantes to host seventh European biotech crossroads event
Brussels, 08 Apr 2003 The seventh European biotech crossroads event will take place on 25 and 26 September in Nantes, France. The event will bring together the major actors from Europe's scientific...
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ESA and NASDA complete successful data relay tests between Artemis and Adeos II
Paris, 08 Apr 2003 Another successful inter-satellite link achieved with Artemis! After a world premiere laser link with Spot 4 in November 2001 and a relay with Envisat last month, Artemis has...
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e-Learning programme 2004-2006 (codecision, programme approved)
Brussels, 08 Apr 2003 Mario MAURO (EPP-ED, I) Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting a multi-annual programme (2004-2006) for the effective...
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Anti-war demo at royal opening of Ulster learning centre Anti-war protesters demonstrated as the Princess Royal opened a new learning resource centre at the University of Ulster in Londonderry today...
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Universities must show they are open to all Elite universities must abandon their socially exclusive image if they want to convince the government’s new access regulator that they should be allowed...