3D TV could be reality "in a few years"
Brussels, 23 October 2006 The coordinator of an EU-funded research team recently stated that 3D images will be commonplace in mass communication in the near future, but that we'll have to wait nearly...
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Commission report on promotion by member states of voluntary unpaid donation of tissues and cells (link)
Brussels, 23 October 2006 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the promotion by Member States of voluntary unpaid donation of tissues and cells Full Text...
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UK's largest semi-conductor research laboratory now open for business
Brussels, 23 October 2006 The UK's largest cleanroom laboratory for research into semi-conductors and nano-magnetics has opened for business thanks to funding from, among other sources, the European...
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ICES report finds North Sea herring and hake stocks good, but cod and flatfish still depleted
Brussels, 23 October 2006 Norwegian herring has reached healthy levels and the Northern hake is making a comeback, but stocks of sandeel, anchovy and cod are still depleted in the North Sea,...
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Biotech industry welcomes EU support for biorefineries
Brussels, 20 October 2006 EuropaBio strongly supports the initiative taken by the European Commission in conjunction with the Finnish Presidency to promote the development of biorefineries (1) in...
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Food, agriculture, biotechnology: workshop - Istanbul, 9 November
Brussels, 23 October 2006 A research conference entitled 'Food, agriculture, biotechnology' will take place on 9 November in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference aims to inform participants of the...
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Europe's new MetOp weather satellite reaches polar orbit
Paris, 19 October 2006 Download Vodcast For 28 years, Europe has been operating its famous Meteosat weather satellites in geostationary orbit. Today, they were joined by the first of a brand new...
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Decoding Mars's cryptic region
Paris, 19 October 2006 Mars Express's OMEGA instrument has given planetary scientists outstanding new clues to help solve the mystery of Mars's so-called 'cryptic region'. In the 1970s, orbiter...
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Antennae galaxies' fertile marriage
Paris, 17 October 2006 A new Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. As the two galaxies smash together, thousand of millions of stars are born,...
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China-ESA Dragon Project - Earth's atmosphere seen from space
Paris, 19 October 2006 Over 50 doctoral level Chinese scientists from 30 institutes have gathered at the prestigious Peking University in Beijing in the People's Republic of China to attend a six-day...
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Controlling European Columbus laboratory (link)
Paris, 17 October 2006 ESApod reports from the Columbus Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, where the team is preparing to support the European Columbus laboratory. Download Activity is...
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Communication and risk assessment are keys to unleashing nano-potential
Brussels, 20 October 2006 'Science and politics do not always dance together easily,' said Dutch MEP Dorette Corbey, speaking on the first day of the European Forum on Nanosciences in Brussels on 19...
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Could our ability to predict disaster lie in maths equation?
Brussels, 20 October 2006 A European ecologist at the University of Barcelona has been studying a model to characterise the occurrence of natural disasters. Some time ago, another ecologist studying...
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Parliamentary rapporteur on FP7 welcomes EIT proposal
Brussels, 20 October 2006 Jerzy Buzek, Polish MEP and rapporteur on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) has given a ringing endorsement to the Commission's proposal on establishing a European...
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European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures launched
Brussels, 20 October 2006 The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has presented the first ever European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures. The document, which has been two...