Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 This year's European Union Contest for Young Scientists has been won by projects on microphone manufacturing, synthesising anti-depressants, and ultrasonic detection for gas...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 A scientific review of biodiversity studies carried out in Europe, Canada, New Zealand and the US has concluded that organic farming methods benefit biodiversity at every level...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 Germany has established an interdisciplinary network on brain research, which will receive 34 million euro of government funding over the next five years. The network will be...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 The EU funded Smart Reservoir Network will hold a networking event in Moscow, Russia, on 29 and 30 November. The network is composed of 59 members and is an open platform for...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a call for tenders for the validation of quantitative structure-activity relationships for toxicological...
Paris, 12 Oct 2004 Images These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show a part of the southern highlands of Mars, called Promethei Terra...
Scholars condemn Bush policies More than 650 foreign affairs experts have signed an open letter condemning the Bush administration's policies in Iraq, accusing it of harming the struggle against...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 From the 4-8 October the European Commission hosted a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on options for a new Standard Material...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 13130/04 Suite of documents 13130/04 On 20 September 2004 the Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food sent a letter to the agriculture...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 Full text Galileo Joint Undertaking
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 UK Health Secretary John Reid and French Minister for Research François d'Aubert have launched a new initiative to boost research into novel cancer treatments. The two countries...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 The heads of four leading French research organisations have condemned the destruction of field based trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, arguing that such research is...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 UK Science Minister Lord Sainsbury has announced a 147.5 million GBP (213.6 million euro) cash injection for two particle accelerators. The government is hoping that the...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 The EU and the US have extended their Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement for five years, allowing the entities to carry out coordinated and joint research...
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 A workshop on understanding the principles of financial management in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, on 10 November. The event will...