Winners of the 2004 EU Descartes Prizes
Brussels, 2 December 2004 The 2004 Descartes Prize ceremony takes place on 2 December in Prague Castle, hosted by the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus. This background note gives details...
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Research Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Europe needs its researchers - Descartes Prizes Ceremony
Prague, 2 December 2004 Mr President of the Republic, Madam President of the Academy of Sciences, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a real pleasure for me to be here today in the prestigious Prague Castle...
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Episome vectors offer fresh angle to gene therapy
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 A European research team is seeking to overcome the early setbacks suffered by the promising new field of 'gene therapy' by developing a revolutionary delivery technique, known...
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Pan-European project maps the Internet of the future
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 The Internet will be a very different creature in 2025. For a start, it will have grown. Between 2000 and 2004, Internet usage grew by 124 per cent in Europe alone, and 125.2...
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R&D tax subsidies key to increasing private research investment, finds report
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 The 2004 edition of the Commission's annual report on European Competitiveness has concluded that direct government funding of private research and development (R&D) as...
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EUROHORCs conclude 'money follows researcher' agreement
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 If a scientist relocates to another country during the course of an ongoing project they will now be able to transfer their research funding with them, thanks to an agreement...
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Science and Society Forum 2005
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 Registration is now open for the Science and Society Forum 2005, the major Commission conference in the field of science and society interaction, which will be held in Brussels...
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UK Food Standards Agency publishes new research requirements
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 The UK's Food Standards Agency has outlined its current research and survey work needs in the latest research requirements document. The Agency is looking to commission research...
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Student satellite almost ready for space
Paris, 02 Dec 2004 Building a satellite takes years and costs millions. Well, not always. Nearly one hundred students from all over Europe have been working hard on SSETI Express. From the drawing...
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Today's news
Newcastle’s physics course axed Days after Newcastle upon Tyne was identified as one of the “cities of science” by Gordon Brown, Newcastle University confirmed a decision taken in principle in...
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Commission celebrates Fifth Descartes prize in style
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 The 2004 EU Descartes prize ceremony, which took place in Prague castle on 2 December in the presence on European personalities such as Czech President Vaclav Klaus, EU...
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FP7 should focus on industrial competitiveness, according to UK position paper
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 Having completed the consultation process that it launched in May, the UK government has published its position paper on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Whereas its...
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Open access would be financially disadvantageous for universities, says UK minister
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 The system of open access to published research favoured by the UK Parliament's Select Committee on Science and Technology would be costly for both universities and the...
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Report of the 160th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials for Scientific and Technical Research (COST) - 19 New Actions Launched (link)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 Brussels, 1-2 December 2004 Full text The 160th meeting of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), chaired by its President, Prof. Francesco FEDI, was preceded by a COST...
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Research Uses Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen from Water
Brussels, 03 Dec 2004 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have demonstrated the feasibility of using nuclear energy to efficiently produce hydrogen from water. In a November 30 DOE...