Press Releases - January 2008

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29 January 2008 - ESO
The Growing-up of a Star
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have probed the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding a young stellar object, witnessing how it gains its mass before becoming an adult.

22 January 2008 - ESA
Follow the launch of ESA's Columbus space laboratory live at ESA and DLR
With NASA's recent confirmation of the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Thursday 7 February, ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel, of Germany, and Leopold Eyharts, of France, are set to deliver ESA's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station.

22 January 2008 - ESA
Programme managers meet the Press in Paris as launch of "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) approaches
The launch of the first ATV "Jules Verne" is rapidly approaching. The 20 ton re-supply and space-tug module will be carried into orbit by a special version of the Ariane 5 launch vehicle called the Ariane 5 Evolution Storable (ES). The launcher is scheduled to lift-off from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, not earlier than 22 February next.

22 January 2008 - EMBL
International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the genomes of at least 1000 people to create the most detailed and medically useful catalogue to date of human genetic variation.

21 January 2008 - ESO
Cosmic Interactions
An image based on data taken with ESO's Very Large Telescope reveals a triplet of galaxies intertwined in a cosmic dance.

8 January 2008 - EMBL
Life savers in the gut
Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] have discovered that proteins that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and water are absorbed in the intestine.