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Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College London, receives an index-linked pension of £700,000 from GlaxoSmithKline and £46,000 from his part-time job as a non-executive director of Rio Tinto,...
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Roads to ruin
If Tony Blair is determined to go down the route of dedicated taxes and contributions, why not start with war? Let war be funded by a specific tax paid by those who choose to be in the war business....
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Ninth GI-GIS workshop 'ESDI: serving the user', A Coruña, Spain
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 The GI-GIS project of the Joint Research Centre's institute for environment and sustainability is organising its ninth workshop on the theme of 'European spatial data...
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Second-hand satellites may gain new voice
Paris, 05 Feb 2003 ESA engineers are proposing a technique to enable a digital satellite radio service for European drivers - without the need to launch a single new satellite into orbit. Commercial...
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Space Shuttle Columbia - Information Note No. 2
Paris, 05 Feb 2003 Failure investigation technical update Ron Dittemore, Shuttle Programme Manager, NASA/JSC, relating to the incident on 1 February, reconstructed the final minutes of Shuttle...
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SIG proposal to formulate a future strategy for COST
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 207/03 The discussion paper "A strategy for COST 2003" dated 26 January 2003 will be presented as a room paper at the 152nd CSO meeting. It is quite clear...
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FP6 and ERA ensure better cooperation between Member States for nuclear waste management, says Busquin
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 EU Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin, said that the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) and the European Research Area (ERA) are essential tools in helping national...
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Results of phytoremediation project to be presented in Genova
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 The results of the Phyles project, a phytoremediation project co-funded by the Commission's Environment DG Life-Environment programme will be presented at a conference in Genova...
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Commission launches debate on how to turn European universities into a "world-class reference"
Brussels, 5 February 2003 Today in Brussels, the Commission published a Communication on the role of universities in the Europe of knowledge, as part of an initiative instigated by European Research...
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SIG proposal for renewal of mandates of Ad Hoc Working Group on Biomaterials and NanoStag Group
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 209/03 The SIG Group at its meeting on 24 January 2003 decided to propose to the CSO the following: 1. To extend the mandate of Ad Hoc Working Group on...
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The European Group on Ethics makes public its Opinion on the Ethical aspects of clinical research in developing countries
Brussels, 5 th February 2003 The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), chaired by the Swedish Philosopher, Göran Hermerén, has presented to the European Commission on...
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First international conference on trust management
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 The first international conference on trust management will be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, from 28 to 30 May. The event aims to facilitate the investigation of issues...
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Belgium's answer to studying nuclear waste management
Brussels, 05 Feb 2003 EU Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin and Energy and Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio visited the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCKCEN) in Moll, Belgium, on...
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Scientists turn future blacker than ever British scientists have developed the darkest colour ever produced, up to 25 times blacker than conventional black paint. The super-black coating, invented at...
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EU research project unveils the surface effects of earthquakes
Brussels, 4 February 2003 Research at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has revealed the effects of a major earthquake in remote regions of the Indian subcontinent, thus providing...