Jurgen Neuberg Geophysicist University of Leeds Scientists are currently not able to predict the size or nature of a volcanic eruption, although we are close to being able to predict when it will...
Obsessed with their RAE scores, academics are having ever less impact on the cutting edge, argues A. D. Harvey. Revolutionary advances during the 20th century in different areas of science,...
Geoff Layer applauds a government initiative to promote a greater variety of learning experiences. Higher education is continually urged to be more inclusive but demand is at best steady....
Paris, 24 January 2002 ENVISAT N° 4 In a cool, air conditioned room on the ground floor of a modern building on the outskirts of Rome, a young scientist is carefully handling a "pizza". But this "...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 Report on research and development. Translation of letter from Mr J.-P. COTIS, Chairman of the EPC to Mr Rodrigo RATO, President of the ECOFIN Council, dated 15 January 2002...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 1. The potential of biotechnology The potential for Europe of Biotechnology was clearly acknowledged in Stockholm last year. On this occasion, the European leaders endorsed...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 Spanish Secretary of State for science and technology, Ramon Marimon, is confident that the Spanish Presidency will succeed in reaching agreement on a number of contentious...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 A government-sponsored bill to lift a ban on embryonic research has passed its first reading in the French Parliament. France's current laws in this area were adopted in...
Paris, 24 January 2002 A telecommunications satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was put into geostationary orbit late last evening from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. At...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Terms of Reference for the COST Technical Committee on Chemistry submitted to the Senior...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 The proposal was made during the European Conference on the use of new technologies in relation to drugs trafficking, held in Madrid as one of the initiatives of the Spanish...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 A new interactive website supported by the European Commission aims to provide information from (and for) all the main players in the fight against doping in sport. Aimed at...
Mobile phone safety research kicks-off A £7.4 million research programme aimed at providing definitive answers about the safety of mobile phones was launched today. Fifteen science projects will...
Colleges need private tie-ups Britain's universities need to link more effectively with the private sector to drive forward technological innovation and the creation of successful industrial clusters...
The former lecturer selling essays to students to help them plagiarise their way through university could face legal action following allegations that she misled the appeal panel that overturned her...