Brussels, 05 May 2004 The EU's research advisory board (EURAB) has produced a new report detailing the barriers that exist to carrying out interdisciplinary research in Europe, and making...
Brussels, 05 May 2004 Technology transfer and innovation 2004 (tti2004), a major international conference on innovation and knowledge transfer, will take place from 29 June to 1 July in Edinburgh, UK...
Brussels, 05 May 2004 An international symposium on mechatronics will take place in Linz, Austria, on 22 June. Austrian and German experts from industry and research institutes will address the...
05 May 2004 CRIS 2004 is aimed at promoting scientific discussion and information exchange on research information systems. CRIS 2004 continues the tradition of encouraging the sharing of experiences...
Friendly fishing still kills dolphins Dolphin-friendly tuna fishing could still be killing thousands of the marine mammals each year by separating vulnerable calves from their mothers, a scientist...
Cambridge plans three new colleges The University of Cambridge is planning to build three new colleges. The local council has agreed to put the university's proposal into the draft local plan to be...
Bribery scam produces Southern discomfort Lecturers at Southern University, Louisiana, US, have uncovered a bribery scam that went unchecked for up to nine years where students allegedly handed over...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Full text EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission convened a workshop in Brussels on 1.2 March 2004 entitled $#129;...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Summary: The OECD recently endorsed four toxicity test methods that avoid the use of animals. These were validated by the JRC's European Centre for the Validation of Alternative...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Save British Science (SBS) has responded to a UK government consultation on its ten year investment programme for science and innovation by urging the government not to try to...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 A report published recently by the French Academies of Science and Technology has urged the French government to set up a 'national research programme', if it wants to avoid...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Full text of Document 1747/04 1. GALILEO Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 The European Space Agency (ESA) has decided to postpone the deployment of the MARSIS radar onboard Mars Express, scheduled for this week, while it awaits the results of ongoing...
Brussels, 03 May 2004 The European Commission is sponsoring the 13th IST (information society technologies) mobile and wireless communications summit in Lyon, France, from to 30 June. The event...
Paris, 03 May 2004 On 6 May, Mrs Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Minister for Culture, Higher Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA,...