Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to change their policies aimed at encouraging the development of biomass,...
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 Scientists from Italy, Germany and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) are to join forces with colleagues in the US as part of a five million euro investigation...
Brussels, 7 September 2004 On 2 September 2004, the Commission sought Council approval for its recommendation to start negotiations on a cooperation agreement with Ukraine on the development of a...
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 A new publication from the European Commission's Research DG outlines the international cooperation activities in the field of research that took place between January and June...
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 A conference to launch a Technology Platform in the field of European construction technology will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on 14 and 15 October. Entitled '...
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 IANIS (the innovative actions network for the information society) and the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) Integrated Project COCOON are jointly organising a workshop on...
Paris, 07 Sep 2004 Caring for more than 180,000 Sudanese refugees gathered in the desert landscape of eastern Chad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has begun using satellite data to...
Paris, 07 Sep 2004 Dr. Serge Plattard, a Frenchman, has become the first Secretary General of the European Space Policy Institute, founded by ESA and the Austrian Space Agency (ASA) in November 2003...
Shy genius + $1m maths conundrum = $0 A reclusive Russian academic might have won $1 million for solving one of the oldest puzzles in mathematics, but he shows no interest in claiming the money or...
Paris, 06 Sep 2004 On 15 July in Ankara, Mr Jean-Pol Poncelet, Director of External Relations, and Prof. Nüket Yetis, President of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK),...
Brussels, 06 Sep 2004 During a visit to Tripoli on 4 and 5 September, Commissioner Busquin discussed with Libyan authorities the potential mutual benefits for Libya and the EU in...
Brussels, 06 Sep 2004 Full text DG Research http:///europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/index_en.html
Brussels, 06 Sep 2004 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is to gain real-time access to the weather forecasts of the European centre for medium range weather forecasts (ECMWF),...
Brussels, 06 Sep 2004 The UK's national academy of science, the Royal Society, has launched an award to recognise scientists who engage with the public. The Kohn Award aims to encourage younger...
£62m Biobank may not be worth it, says professor The scientist who invented DNA fingerprinting two decades ago has warned that the world's biggest study of the role of nature and nurture in disease...