Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 Representatives of some of Europe's leading research institutes signed a declaration on 22 October, pledging to promote greater dissemination of scientific knowledge and human...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 'Industry is looking for a structure able to provide added value to the whole EU Community through more effectively managed research, development and acquisition programmes,'...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 A two-year project to digitally archive almost two centuries of scientific history has been completed. Researchers are in for a treat with the announcement that The Lancet, the...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An EU funded project has launched the first ever European virtual microencapsulation institute. The institute will provide enterprises with expert advice on how to turn...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded contracts to companies in the UK, France and Germany to build Aeolus, the first ever satellite to study the Earth's wind patterns...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 The European Commission is organising a major international conference entitled 'risk perception: science, public debate and policy making', to take place on 4 and 5 December in...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 A conference entitled 'the broadband revolution takes shape' will be held on 2 December in Brussels. The event will be attended by EU Commissioner for Enterprise and the...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 The first international conference on environmentally compatible forest products will be held from 22 to 24 September 2004 in Oporto, Portugal. This meeting aims to bring...
Paris, 23 Oct 2003 Integral, ESA's powerful gamma-ray space telescope, has discovered what seems to be a new class of astronomical objects. These are binary systems, probably including a black hole...
Paris, 23 Oct 2003 'Fly-bys', or 'gravity assist' manoeuvres, are now a standard part of spaceflight and are used by almost all ESA interplanetary missions. Imagine if every time you drove by a city...
Paris, 23 Oct 2003 The Dutch solar car Nuna II, using ESA space technology, finished first in the World Solar Challenge, a 3010 km race right across Australia for cars powered by solar energy. Having...
Some lecturers could get pay rises of 20 per cent next year, according to figures released by employers this week. The news comes as the two main academic trade unions crank up the threat of...
A fizz of evaporating black holes could give a team of British physicists a glimpse into the fifth dimension. The experiment, which is straight out of the pages of a science-fiction novel, will be...
Dame Ruth Deech was this week appointed the first independent adjudicator for higher education. She will act as the ombudsman for student complaints nationwide, replacing the antiquated visitor...
Peter Goddard , master of St John's College, Cambridge and professor of theoretical physics, has been appointed director of the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Princeton, from...