The darkest days of a caring profession
In the Third Reich, nurses went from caring for patients to killing them. Claire Sanders finds out why The history of the Holocaust has become sanitised," says Linda Shields, holder of the foundation...
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Chilly climate freezes talent
US research bans and immigration controls may be reversing the brain drain. Stephen Phillips reports Since the Royal Society coined the phrase in the 1950s, "brain drain" has customarily referred to...
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Programme, speakers information and a report on the ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic testing, prepared for the 6-7 May Conference on Human Genetic Testing (links)
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 Report on the ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic testing: research, development and clinical applications Speakers Conference programme The 25 recommendations on the...
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First International Conference on Rabies in Europe to be held on 7-9 December 2004 in Kiev, Ukraine (link)
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 Page link Employment and Social Affairs DG
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Biotechnology expert focuses on the risks of not adopting GM in the EU
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 Dr Clive James, chair of the international service for the acquisition of agri-biotech applications (ISAAA) and a leading proponent of agricultural biotechnology for the...
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Commission responds to Court of Auditors' evaluation of FP5
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 The European Commission has responded to a report by the Court of Auditors criticising various aspects of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) by highlighting the simplifications...
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New nanotechnology research institute in Northern Ireland
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 EU, national and industry funding has enabled the opening of the new Nanotechnology Research Institute at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. The new institute will be...
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Education through research - the university concept
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 A panel discussion on 'Education through research - the university concept' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 May. The discussion is intended to illuminate the role of...
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Congress on 'biotechnology: state of the art and prospects of development', Moscow
Brussels, 21 Apr 2004 The third Moscow international congress will examine the subject 'biotechnology: state of the art and prospects of development' when it convenes in Moscow, Russia, from 14 to 18...
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DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS
Paris, 21 Apr 2004 The DELTA mission, with European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers from the Netherlands, and the ISS Expedition 9 crew, successfully docked with the International Space Station...
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Today's news
Have-not-students scrape by on £9.50 a week There is a yawning gap between the haves and have-nots among UK students, with 8 per cent surviving on only £9.50 a week while 10 per cent have £150 a week...
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Latest research news
Suburb studies finds a home on the college agenda It is the place we love to ridicule - the mock Tudor home of the Bisto family where Tupperware is king and Shake n' Vac is the drug of choice. But...
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Today's news
Forget oil, overseas students make money A boom in demand for higher education could triple the number of foreign students at British universities to 870,000 by 2020, a new report concluded yesterday...
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Commission Staff Working Paper in Support of the Second Progress Report and Future Orientation on Life Sciences and Biotechnology (link)
Brussels, 20 Apr 2004 Full text of Document 8440/04 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 8440/04 Subject: Commission staff working paper in support of the Communication from the Commission to the European...
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Finalised Text of Council Regulation Establishing a Community Programme on the Conservation, Characterisation, Collection and Utilisation of Genetic Resources in Agriculture (link)
Brussels, 20 Apr 2004 Full text of Document 6764/04 Suite of documents 6764/04 Subject: COUNCIL REGULATION establishing a Community programme on the conservation, characterisation, collection and...