Paris, 03 Aug 2004 In preparation for a 60-day Female Bed-Rest Study, which starts in January/February 2005, an official call for candidates to participate as test subjects has been issued. The study...
Paris, 03 Aug 2004 The site where Europe's spacecraft are launched into orbit, the Atlantic shoreline of French Guiana, is also the starting point for another hardly less remarkable journey: the epic...
Paris, 03 Aug 2004 This image, taken by ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser spacecraft, shows the Earth-Moon system from a distance of 70 million kilometres. This is close to the maximum distance reached by...
Tories to charge students more for loans The Conservatives are planning to impose an interest rate above inflation on student loans to fund their commitment to abolish all university tuition fees....
Brussels, 02 Aug 2004 A conference on 'Antimicrobial growth promoters: worldwide ban on the horizon?' will take place in Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on 31 January and 1 February 2005. In...
Brussels, 02 Aug 2004 Germany has published a report on the first 18 months of regulations allowing the import and use of human embryonic stem cells for research purposes. The report covers the...
Brussels, 02 Aug 2004 Despite continuing international deadlock over where to base the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER), the United States' Department of Energy (DOE) is set to...
02 Aug 2004 Full text Patents pose an ever-present threat to software of all kinds, because any person that uses or distributes software that infringes a patent is liable and can have money damages...
Brussels, 02 Aug 2004 The Russian scientific education system is going through a revival, producing over 200,000 science graduates a year, according to a report by the magazine Businessweek. The...
Brussels, 02 Aug 2004 An international conference on informatics for environmental protection will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 21 to 23 October. The conference, which will take place at the...
Brussels, 02 Aug 2004 Full text Health and Consumer Protection DG
Too many women doctors, says female chief The medical profession is in danger of losing its power and influence because too many women are scaling its ranks, according to Carol Black, the president...
Brussels, 30 July 2004 The Commission is launching a wide consultation on its Communication “Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology” in which it proposed an integrated and responsible...
A UK working group has completed its report on nanotechnology, concluding that it has great potential and poses few new risks. However, as much is still unknown about the effects of nanoparticles on...
Brussels, 30 Jul 2004 The Commission would welcome views and comments from all regarding the future European research policy. Contributions would be particularly welcome from the research community...