Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 The EU today became a full member of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by depositing the instruments of accession at the General...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Report From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The Committee Of The Regions And The European Economic And Social Committee Life Sciences And Biotechnology...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Following on from the decision of the six international parties to build the ITER experimental project in Cadarache, France, the European Commissioner for Science and Research,...
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...