Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 After the US, the UK is the second most productive country in the world when it comes to publishing scientific papers, according to a global analysis conducted by Sir David King...
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 A report by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), published on 12 July, has warned that global efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV infection and AIDS 'continue...
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 After considering six different mission studies, all aimed at increasing understanding of potentially dangerous near Earth objects (NEOs), the European Space Agency (ESA) has...
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 An international conference on waste, integrated management and pollution control 'policy and practice, research and solutions' will take place in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, from...
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Within the scope of the EU soil thematic strategy, two Commission funded projects, JOINT and SCAPE, are organising the workshop 'Towards a harmonised management of European soil...
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 2828/04 1. Commission communication "Towards a European strategy for nanotechnology" - Continuation of discussion: actions suggested by the Commission doc...
Paris, 15 Jul 2004 Sophisticated technology developed to ensure clean air for astronauts onboard space stations is now used in hospitals to capture and destroy airborne fungi, bacteria, spores and...
Paris, 15 Jul 2004 On the way to its final destination, Titan, ESA's Huygens atmospheric probe underwent an important health check-up yesterday. The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered...
Academia gangs up on Griff Rhys Jones Griff Rhys Jones is the victim of what can only be described as a smear campaign from within the academic community. Various literary worthies are upset that the...
Weak, not strong, states pose the greatest threat to our security, insists Francis Fukuyama - a man who wears his fame lightly, as Brendan Simms found Francis Fukuyama is one of the best-known...
As Britain anticipates a possible withdrawal from Iraq, Huw Richards experiences a nagging sense of deja vu. "British casualties in Irak have practically ceased, and a really settled and stable civil...
Well-intentioned ignorance characterises British attitudes to foreign students, says Ayako Yoshino. About two years ago, while researching my PhD, I spent a few days at a provincial library. Every...
What has the EU done for us? Andrew Gamble counts the benefits. An imbroglio, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , is a state of confused entanglement. It seems an apt term for the European...
Liverpool's lung cancer rate is twice the national average. A new research centre will tackle the problem locally. Ross Davies reports. This summer, George Xinarianos, a research fellow on the...
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