Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 Germany is the latest country to outline its position on the future Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), and includes a call for thematic priority areas to remain at the core of...
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 The European Centre for Living Technology (ECLT) opened at the University of Venice in Italy on 3 December. The centre will primarily foster the research, training and outreach...
Brussels, 06 Dec 2004 The BioSec consortium has announced details of the second BioSec workshop, to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 and 20 January 2005 with the theme 'Biometrics in everyday...
Paris, 06 Dec 2004 It is hard to overstate the scale of the humanitarian emergency unfolding in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region: by current estimates there are 1.45 million people displaced from...
Paris, 02 Dec 2004 Full text of the highlights of the report Science and technology contribute to innovation and industrial performance as never before. As the recent economic slowdown gives way to...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 Full text of Document 15453/04 Suite of documents 15453/04 Subject: Network of European cell factories Delegations will find attached a letter of the Italian Health Minister on...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2004 Full text of Document 14108/04 Suite of documents 14108/04 No. Cion prop.: 14106/04 EEE 92 AVIATION 190 TELECOM 157 RECH 204 N 34 ISL 32 FL 42 Subject: Draft Decision of the EEA...
Brussels, 2 December 2004 Today in Prague, EU Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik awarded this year’s €1 million EU Descartes Prize for outstanding cross-border research to two pan-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...