Brussels, 10 Mar 2005 2005 is a big year for the UK on the world stage, with the country holding the G8 Presidency, as well as the EU Presidency for the second half of the year. With all eyes on the...
Brussels, 10 Mar 2005 As part of an EU drive to make European software development more competitive on the global market, the European Commission is providing 2.2 million euro for a project to build...
Brussels, 10 Mar 2005 Biologists at the University of Liverpool in the UK have published new research suggesting that the reason why ten per cent of Europeans are immune to HIV infection is because...
Brussels, 10 Mar 2005 The UK and France are among the countries that have signed up to the world's first international agreement for research and development cooperation in advanced nuclear energy...
Brussels, 10 Mar 2005 A new EU project aims to imitate nature to extract renewable energy without harming the environment. By studying plant photosynthesis the SOLAR-H project will carry out...
Coaxing the brightest young people away from Sri Lanka, as some rich countries do, will prolong the nightmare left by the Indian Ocean tsunami, says David Weatherall Early on the morning of February...
Children with attention deficit disorder may not grow out of it by 18. So don't assume that students who can't focus are lazy, says Harriet Swain Exams are more stressful for Jack, a maths and...
The West must focus on meeting people's needs, not on giving big sums, argues William Easterly Gordon Brown is eloquent about one of the two tragedies of Africa. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is...
The image of the crucified Christ has changed from victorious saviour to suffering God, says Richard Harries The earliest surviving depiction of Jesus on the cross dates from about 420AD. It is one...
Qatar is vastly wealthy but short on skilled nationals. Four US colleges are setting up on its space-age campus to tackle the issue, says Wendy Wallace Education City, in Doha, is Qatar's...
As a trainee teacher, I recently spent a few days attached to the English department of a large mixed city secondary school. It was inspiring as well as revealing. In one discussion with the head of...
Strasbourg, 8 March 2005 President, Honourable Members, Human tissues and cells have become an important part of health care. Their therapeutic use continues to increase, not only in terms of the...
Brussels, 09 Mar 2005 Japan has said that it will continue to pursue its bid to host the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER), despite a warning from the EU that it is not prepared...
Brussels, 9 March 2005 The European Commission is today launching an e-network to make scientific advice more easily accessible for policy-makers. SINAPSE (Scientific Information for Policy Support...
Brussels, 9 March 2005 Today the European Commission is launching SINAPSE (Scientific INformAtion for Policy Support in Europe), a tool which is designed to make scientific advice more easily...