Brussels, 18 April 2002 Europe's fastest-growing technology companies were recognised at the first annual European Technology Fast 500 Awards in Paris on 8-9 April. The top three comprised of Ireland...
Brussels, 18 April 2002 Results of a new study carried out in France show that European consumers are unlikely to be concerned enough to avoid buying clearly labelled GM foods. The research was...
Paris, 18 April 2002 Between now and Saturday, 20 April, you can follow via the Internet the progress of the new-found Comet SOHO-422. Usually, comets seen by the SOHO spacecraft quickly burn up in...
Brussels, 18 April 2002 'Save British science' has welcomed a £400 million (approximately 650 million euro) package of tax credits for UK companies carrying out research and development (R&D...
Brussels, 18 April 2002 Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture and amending Regulation (EC) No 1258/...
Brussels, 18 April 2002 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and Ukraine Full Text EXPLANATORY...
Paris, 18 April 2002 Today, at the European Space Agency Moscow office, Mr Antonio Rodotà, ESA Director General, Mr Charles Picqué, Belgian Minister for Scientific Research, Mr Yvan Ylieff, Belgian...
Modified genes enter Mexican maize crops The Mexican government has confirmed that despite its ban on genetically modified maize, there is massive contamination of maize in areas that act as the gene...
Training will cure prescribing errors, say experts Junior doctors should receive more training to prevent mistakes being made when prescribing medicines, experts said today. Bryony Dean and...
Funding chiefs will today launch a ten-year strategy to reshape higher education. Universities will be expected to excel in at least one of four areas - teaching, research, reach-out and widening...
* Chancellor Gordon Brown is to open the National E-Science Centre at Edinburgh University next Thursday. The centre, which is being run jointly with Glasgow University, received £5.5 million over...
Princess Anne was confronted by striking workers fighting budget cuts at King's College London when she visited the college's medical school this week. About 40 members of public-sector union Unison...
The Careers Research Advisory Centre has been awarded the contract to run the research councils' graduate schools programme for the next five years. The scheme is the main provider of training in...
Poorer students are being priced out of privatised halls of residence as rents rocket above inflation, public sector union Unison says. A Unison report says that rents have risen by up to 22 per cent...
Australia was first colonised by humans between 55,000 and 65,000 years ago. But how they got there remains unsolved, writes Caroline Davis. One of the most promising routes proposed was through the...