Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative; launched in 2003 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced on June that it is to fund 43 research projects in areas...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 An international team of scientists will cooperate for the next five years in a research project aimed at developing odour traps and effective repellents to keep malarial...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 In it's reaction to the Commission's proposals for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the federation of national science academies, known as All European Academies (ALLEA),...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Mathematics in the UK is in 'a spiral of decline' and major reforms are needed in maths education to reverse the trend, according to a new report by the UK Mathematics...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 The first international conference on open source systems will take place in Genoa, Italy, from 11 to 15 July. OSS2005 will provide a forum to discuss theories, practices,...
Universities to draw up RAE equality codes Measures to prevent women academics suffering discrimination during the forthcoming research assessment exercise were announced today. Universities will be...
Gates gives millions to fund British fight against TB and Aids British scientists working on five ground-breaking projects to fight disease will be named today as recipients of the largest individual...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 After a fraught selection process that lasted over 18 months, the EU has won agreement from all partners in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project...
Brussels, 28 June 2005 Today in Moscow the Six Parties participating in the ITER project decided to build this project in Cadarache in Southern France. This agreement heralds the end of a deadlock...
Paris, 28 Jun 2005 Summary Issue Proposals have been advanced at the national level, and within intergovernmental forums, to mandate disclosure of "Country of Origin/Source" and/or proof of "Prior...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 Official launch of European technology platform "Food for Life" 05 July 2005, 10:00-12:30 European Commission, Centre A. Borschette, Room AB-1A, Rue Froissart, 36, Brussels,...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 The EU Telecommunications Council welcomed the proposal 'i2010: European Information Society 2010' when ministers met on June. '[T]he ministers have been quite keen on the...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 Many people still do not appreciate how fast science and technology (S&T) will change over the next 25 years, and given this rapid development along several different...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) has announced the successful completion of BioBabel, which includes the development of a controlled vocabulary and common ontology to...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 In an effort to keep Europe at the forefront of nanoelectronics, the European Commission is providing 24.17 million euro for a new project aimed at pushing the limits of...