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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) is to increase its budget by 50 per cent to cope with the increase in caseload and translation caused by May’s accession to the European Union (EU) of 10 new member countries from eastern and southern Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) joint research centre (JRC) is testing innovative construction materials designed to fight against air pollution. In a joint scheme with academic institutes, building supply and chemical companies the JRC’s PICADA project (photo-catalytic innovative coverings applications for de-pollution assessment) is examining special plaster, mortar, architectural concrete and anti-pollution coatings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) backed research project is promoting the use of hemp and flax to make fibreboard used in car manufacture. Coordinator Helmut Zimmer of Austrian renewable raw materials specialist Funder Industries said the Hi-Fi project would generate an “added-value opportunity” for hemp and flax producers, improving fibreboard door panel production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) backed research project is promoting the use of hemp and flax to make fibreboard used in car manufacture. Coordinator Helmut Zimmer of Austrian renewable raw materials specialist Funder Industries said the Hi-Fi project would generate an “added-value opportunity” for hemp and flax producers, improving fibreboard door panel production.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A SCIENTIST from the Agricultural Research Service in the US has developed a machine that automatically monitors waste production during ginning through video cameras that can distinguish it from cotton. The system, to be sold commercially, films 50 square feet of cotton per minute and advises growers about waste levels in real time, indicating to what extent cotton should be cleaned during ginning.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE MOST fortified frontier in the world, Korea’s Demilitarized Zone, (DMZ) is being touted by the (South) Korea National Tourism Organisation as a future destination for wildlife eco-tourism. The DMZ, an area of land four kilometres wide and 250 kilometres long divides North and South Korea across the Korean Peninsula.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union (EU) guidelines on using animal wastes (uncontaminated with BSE) as organic fertilisers should be drawn up by the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority scientific panel on biological hazards has said. There should also be further research into the disappearance over time of bacteria and viruses contained in this fertiliser, it advised.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority scientific panel on biological hazards has called for additional research into the risk to consumers posed by BSE-linked prion proteins in beef tongues. The panel has advised there is insufficient data to draw firm conclusions.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
HUNDREDS of thousands of American youths too young to legally drink are logging on to websites advertising alcohol brands for entertainment purposes despite measures taken from companies to restrict access to minors, according to a recently released study.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
WHY do we change our cars so often? Most drivers spend between two to three years with their car before trading in for a new model, long before the average mechanical lifespan. Perhaps it is because every year car manufacturers claim to improve on vehicle performance, reliability, efficiency, safety and handling?…