EU project seeks to preserve digital heritage
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 Scientific, artistic and cultural information worldwide is becoming increasingly digitised, and this digital drive is particularly encouraged in Europe as it can ensure that...
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Scientists study Sumatra seabed for causes of tsunami
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 A team of international researchers, including French and UK scientists, is carrying out seismic studies of the seabed north-west of Sumatra. On 26 December 2004 a massive...
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Scientists unravel mysteries of brain organisation
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 Researchers from the UK and Germany have thrown new light onto our understanding of the factors controlling the organisation and layout of brains. Previously, it had been...
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Health and Safety Executive grants decommissioning consent for Dungeness A power station
London, 2 August 2006 The decision on the application to carry out a decommissioning project at Dungeness A power station under the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for...
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Today's news
Media giants lap up Milkround in £20m battle for graduate website Several media groups are in the running to buy graduate recruitment website Milkround Online for about £20 million. Milkround, which...
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Today's news
Environmental schemes suffer as £200m Defra cuts ordered The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was in financial crisis last night after being told to cut its budget by nearly £200...
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Latest research news
Oceans teeming with 10 million kinds of microbe, researchers find The diversity of microbes in the world's oceans may be more than 100 times greater than previously thought, according to scientists...
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Super-Cooling Radioactive Waste Speeds Decay, Reducing Half Lives by a Factor of up to 100, German Researchers Say
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Disposing of nuclear waste presents an enormous challenge for many countries around the world. Some waste, such as that from hospital nuclear medicine departments, contains only...
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Ocean census hints at immense diversity of marine microbes
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 A new study has revealed that the biodiversity of marine microbes could be far higher than previous estimates suggested; researchers from The Netherlands, Spain and the US found...
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Analysis, basic knowledge and environment prioritised in ecotoxicology consultation
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Analytical improvements, fundamental knowledge and environmental issues have been highlighted as priorities in response to a consultation on research and development (R&...
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Artificial solution to global warming?
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Nobel Prize-winning chemist Professor Paul Crutzen has outlined a drastic 'emergency route' from global warming, which could use artificial means to combat the slow rise in...
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SATCEN - Report from the Secretary General/High Representative to the Council on the Implementation of the Joint Action on the Establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Full text of Document 12091/06 Suite of documents 12091/06 Subject: SATCEN - Report from the Secretary General/High Representative to the Council on the implementation of the...
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Making ageing valuable
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) project has completed its investigation into life beyond middle age, looking at the 50-plus age-group and what this...
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Seeking new ways of cleaning up oil spills, European researchers decode genome of oil eating bacterium
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 A team of European researchers has decoded the genome of a key oil-degrading bacterium, Alcanivorax borkumensis. They hope that their new understanding of the biochemistry of...
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Honey's anti-bacterial qualities make it an attractive alternative for protecting wounds against drug-resistant bacteria
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 Researchers from the University of Bonn have found that one of the oldest traditional remedies known to man - honey - may offer a better treatment for slow-healing wounds,...