Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prizes 2004
... he has led a working group under the same funding programme at the Institute for Marine Science at the University of Kiel. The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prizes will be awarded on 8 June at 3:00 p.m. at the Deutsches Museum in Bonn, Ahrstrae 45. Journalists are cordially invited to attend this event....Germany starts clinical development of a new tuberculosis vaccine
...m of business and research centres have launched a programme to develop just such a vaccine. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPIIB) in Berlin, under the direction of Prof. Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, have developed a highly promising vaccine candidate. And now, Vakzine Projekt Manageme...First DFG research conference in the USA
...venue NW, Washington, D.C. The complete conference programme is available at www.dfg.de . Journalists are cordially invited to take part in the conference. There will be an opportunity for questions during the closing session on 6 April. To register, contact the DFG's Washington Office (telephone: +1 (202) 78...Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
... Element." The GMES Services Element is the first programme of a joint ESA-European Union initiative intended to enhance global monitoring capabilities to support European policy goals. In the longer term the initiative will have its own dedicated missions, but for now the multiple-sensor capability of Envis...ESA prepares mission to search for life on Mars
... towards the realisation of this ambitious robotic programme was completed this week with the selection of two industrial teams to carry out the detailed design of the ExoMars rover and its Pasteur payload of scientific instruments. The parallel Phase A studies for ExoMars, the first Flagship mission in the A...Final media advisory for the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-4)
... 80 countries worldwide. Provisional news briefing programme Tuesday 16 March 13.00hrs 1. Professor Lars Holmbe...eatment and mastectomy To find full details of the programme Visit the EBCC-4 web site: http://www.fecs.be/conferences/ebcc4 Registration is free to all bona f...Traditional Inuit ice treks guided from space
...bal Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme supported jointly by ESA and the European Commission. ...European researchers launch 10 million euro collaborative technology project
...rons. BIOXHIT combines a strongly focused research programme with networking, training and mobility of staff under a single and efficient management structure. Biological crystallography aims to create precise, three-dimensional "architectural" models of biological molecules. Without such models at hand, it i...A joint effort against the Oriental boil
...aniasis). Since 1995 the DFG has funded a special programme to promote German, Israeli and Palestinian collabo...r peace and cooperation in the region. The special programme is highly valued by the partners in the Near East: It offers the sole possibility of freely accessib...Successful progress launch paves the way for further scientific utilisation of the ISS by Europe
...n, will be employing this equipment to carry out a programme of scientific and educational activities. The Delta experiments on board Progress are: ARGES : This experiment will study high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, which are used in all kinds of outdoor illuminations, making use of the absence of gravi...DFG to establish seven new Clinical Research Units
...to establish these long term. On the one hand, the programme centres on supporting particularly proven groups o...ird announcement for the "Clinical Research Units" programme in autumn 2002. The following seven units were selected: "Optimisation of Living Related Liver Tra...Nutrient-poor oceans generate their food 'hot spots'
...t of the MATI and Biosope projects of the national programme Proof. (1) IRD scientists from the Laboratory of ...ted from 1999 to 2002 as part of a French national programme Proof (Processus ocaniques et flux). The objective was to study the variability of phytoplankton pop...... at the forefront of molecular biology. A detailed programme and access to free registration for the conference is available at: http://www.embo.org/projects/scisoc/scisoc2003.html...ESA's first step towards Mars Sample Return
... plan, this is exactly what ESA's long-term Aurora programme of Solar System exploration will achieve a decade from now, when the first samples of Mars material will be sealed in a special capsule and returned to Earth for analysis. The first step towards making this great leap in human knowledge a reality wa...ESA and Rosaviakosmos sign up for two Foton flights
...ght opportunities for almost the entire experiment programme originally assigned to Foton-M1 but lost when that launch failed on 15 October 2002. It will also reinstate a substantial part of ESA's scientific objectives for the STS-107 mission unfulfilled following the Columbia Shuttle accident in February with...Researchers home in on obesity gene and offer explanation for overeating
...is gene, it may be possible to develop a screening programme to identify those who may be at risk of becoming obese later in life, and take effective preventative measures." The team compared genome-wide scans of 576 obese and 646 normal weight adults in France, from which they identified two alternative form...Egg-sharing does not damage a donors own chance of a baby say UK researchers
...numbers of patients to ensure that the egg sharing programme is not detrimental to egg sharers and/or to the ou...eassuring finding that patients who took part in a programme and provided a valuable source of donor eggs were not compromising their own chances or putting them...Cervantes mission concludes with Soyuz TMA-2 landing
...y on the ISS, Pedro Duque carried out an extensive programme of scientific, technological and educational exper...nistry of Science and Technology. "The experiment programme has been a complete success", said ESA Mission Manager, Aldo Petrivelli, "and results have been obta...ESA astronaut flies Cervantes mission to ISS
...ay stay, he will carry out an extensive experiment programme in the fields of life and physical sciences, Earth observation, education and technology. This will include use of the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a research facility developed in Europe. "A trip into space is not something you can do every day......ay mission is to carry out an extensive scientific programme comprising a series of experiments in the fields o...ESA was asked by the partners in the Space Station programme to forgo that flight opportunity and make a crew exchange possible. ESA agreed to give up its seat a...