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Dutch politician and former academic shot dead Pim Fortuyn, the rightwing politician and former sociology professor gaining huge success in Holland on an anti-immigration platform, was assassinated...
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Bioengineering: Reaching for the future with lifelike prosthetics
Brussels, 06 May 2002 Is it possible to make a plastic so lifelike that severed human nerves could grow right through it and attach to electrodes in, say, a prosthetic hand? This is the question...
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A network for Latin American science journals
Brussels, 06 May 2002 Latin American scientific series and journals are under-recognised. A website and network set up to promote publications produced in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and...
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Health experts to recommend FP6 research priorities
Brussels, 06 May 2002 Proposals for health research priorities under the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) will be presented to the European Commission following a meeting which will bring together...
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Madrid event to outline JRC's role in Sixth Framework programme
Brussels, 06 May 2002 The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is to hold an information day in Madrid, Spain, on 12 June. Entitled 'The JRC's strategic role in the European research area', the event will...
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Roberto Vittori returns to Earth: ESA astronaut returns to Earth after Space Station 'taxi' flight
Paris, 5 May 2002 A mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth today after successfully delivering a new 'lifeboat' to the Station for use by the resident crew in the event of an...
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Latest research news
Scientists crack genetic code of mice to aid man The mouse has become the latest living organism to have its genetic code unravelled, in a scientific breakthrough that promises to provide new...
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Update: 12:35
Iain Gray steps into Wendy Alexander's shoes Scotland's former social justice minister Iain Gray is today expected to meet the Scottish science advisory committee as he takes over the portfolio of...
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It's not just Europeans who have difficulty understanding science
Brussels, 02 May 2002 The results of the US' National science foundation's biennial report show that US citizens are not, like their European counterparts, highly science literate. Americans show...
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Commission clears German plan for disposal of radioactive waste from Brokdorf nuclear power station
Brussels, 1 May 2002 Commission Opinion of 24 April 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications at the site of the Brokdorf Nuclear Power Station KBR...
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University of Ulster announces biotech venture fund
Brussels, 02 May 2002 A new venture capital fund worth more than 19 million euro (over 12 million GBP) is to be launched by the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, to help commercialise the...
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ESA and CNES sign contract on CSG
Paris, 02 May 2002 Europe's Spaceport Today, at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou French Guiana, Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director of Launchers, and Mr Gérard Brachet, CNES Director General, signed...
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JRC helps combat illicit trafficking in nuclear materials
Brussels, 02 May 2002 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has a key role to play in combating the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, according to Research Commissioner Philippe...
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EMBO announces award for communication in the life sciences
Brussels, 02 May 2002 The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) has announced that the EMBO Award for communication in the life sciences will be presented on 9 November 2002. The 5,000 euro...