Brussels, 11 Feb 2004 The closing workshop for the CRAFT project 'risk assessment of biomechanical damage risks in small and medium sized enterprises [SMEs]' will take place in San Gimignano, Italy,...
Brussels, 11 Feb 2004 The European association of research managers and administrators (EARMA) and NATO will hold a training course on realising national research potential and effective science...
Brussels, 11 Feb 2004 The second 'World conference and technology exhibition on biomass for energy, industry and climate protection' will take place in Rome, Italy, from 10 to 14 May 2004....
Brussels, 11 Feb 2004 The European Commission's Research DG has published a prior information notice of a call for tenders for examining the design of research programmes, and private sector...
Paris, 11 Feb 2004 Beagle 2, the British-built element of ESA's Mars Express mission, has failed to communicate since its first radio contact was missed shortly after it was due to land on Mars on...
Paris, 11 Feb 2004 With just 21 days to the launch of the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet mission, the spacecraft's lander has been named "Philae". Rosetta embarks on a 10-year journey to Comet...
Washington D.C., 11 Feb 2004 University of California leads U.S. academic institutions for tenth consecutive year The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today...
The Ig Nobels are awarded for the world's most original research. Highlights will include why the brains of London taxi drivers are more highly developed than those of their fellow citizens, the...
Europe faces allergy epidemic Half of all Europeans may be suffering from some sort of allergy by 2015 if the escalating epidemic, which is responsible for millions of children missing school and...
Research funding shakeup planned A shakeup of the complex procedure used to determine how more than £8 billion over six years from 2009 will be allocated to universities by assessing the quality of...
Brussels, 9 February 2004 Commission Opinion of 5 February 2004 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications to Site-1 of Belgoprocess plc in Belgium, in...
Brussels, 09 Feb 2004 Full text of Document 5490/04 Addendum 02 Suite of documents 5490/04 Subject: Galileo Security Structures Delegations will find in Annex 1 the response received from the...
Brussels, 9 February 2004 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was negotiated under the auspices of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). It is one of the three key multilateral environmental...
Brussels, 09 Feb 2004 Ireland's Minister for Education, Noel Dempsey, questioned whether universities should continue to have the dual role of teaching and conducting research as he opened a...
Brussels, 09 Feb 2004 GSM Europe, an interest group representing 143 mobile operating companies, has applauded a recent communication from the Commission aimed at boosting investment in the...