Current Press Releases - October 2007
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31 October 2007 - ESA
International Space Exploration Conf. 2007: Europe Defines the Future of Space Exploration
The International Space Exploration Conference 2007 (ISEC 2007) taking place in Berlin (D) from 8 to 9 November will welcome 500 high-level representatives of stakeholder groups from political institutions, the scientific community, industry and applied research organisations, public organisations and the general public.
27 October 2007 - ESO
Commissioner Potočnik at Paranal Observatory
As part of his first official trip to Brazil and Chile, the European Science and Research Commissioner, Janez Potočnik, visited Europe's flagship for ground-based astronomy, the ESO Paranal Observatory.
23 October 2007 - EMBL
The East Wing and a new dawn for the EMBL-EBI
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute [EMBL-EBI] officially opens its new East Wing today with a reception for prominent guests.
23 October 2007 - ESA
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Node 2 module head for ISS
Paolo Nespoli set off on his way to the International Space Station earlier this evening onboard NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery.
21 October 2007 - EMBL
Scientists uncover how hormones achieve their effects
New insights into the cellular signal chain through which pheromones stimulate mating in yeast have been gained by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL].
11 October 2007 - ESO
Drizzly Mornings on Xanadu
Noted for its bizarre hydrocarbon lakes and frozen methane clouds, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, also appears to have widespread drizzles of methane, according to a team of astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley. New near-infrared images from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii show for the first time a nearly global cloud cover at high elevations and, dreary as it may seem, a widespread and persistent morning drizzle of methane over the western foothills of Titan's major continent, Xanadu.
5 October 2007 - ESO
Catch a Star 2008!
ESO and the European Association for Astronomy Education have just launched the 2008 edition of 'Catch a Star', their international astronomy competition for school students. Now in its sixth year, the competition offers students the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to ESO's flagship observatory in Chile, as well as many other prizes.
3 October 2007 - EMBL
EMBL reaches north
Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL], the University of Helsinki, Finland, the University of Oslo, Norway, and Umeå University, Sweden, officially launch their new Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine.