Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 A scientific publisher, a biotechnology website and an industry association have banded together to offer biotech firms a matchmaking service that will help them locate...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 European scientists will lead an international team that has set its mind on uncovering the intricate mysteries of the human brain in order to advance our knowledge and shed...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 A new blood test promises to feel patients' pain and give doctors an objective measure of exactly how much they are hurting, UK research claims. A simple blood test may help...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 Opening session "RTD in a Policy Context", Günther Hanreich, Director "Key legal and procedural issues", Fréderic Fournier "The Instruments in FP6", Doris Schröcker Sessions "...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 13000/03 Suite of documents 13000/03 No. Cion prop.: 11785/03 RECH 130 AMLAT 49 ­ COM(2003) 438 final Subject: Adoption of a Council Decision on...
Paris, 01 Oct 2003 SMART-1's revolutionary propulsion system was successfully fired at 12:25 UT on 30 September, 2003, in orbit around the Earth. Engineers at ESOC, the European Space Agency's...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 The European Commission has announced the eight projects shortlisted for the Descartes Prize. The issues tackled by the projects are wide ranging, and include tidal waves,...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has spoken of a new idea within the Commission with regard to funding for interesting projects proposed for the Sixth Framework...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 The European Science Foundation (ESF) has signed a contract with the European Commission to provide the secretariat and administrative, technical and scientific management for...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 The European strategy forum on research infrastructures (ESFRI) has claimed that it is ready to optimise its role and become a vehicle for the 'open method coordination' (OMC)...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 The European centre for the validation of alternative methods has been restructured in order to address the ramifications of new EU legislation on chemicals and cosmetics...
Brussels, 01 Oct 2003 An international conference on information society technologies (IST) in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place on 13 and 14 November in Budapest, Hungary. The...
Big hopes for breast cancer drug Scientists have launched a major study to see if a new drug can protect women from breast cancer. Researchers at Cancer Research UK will test Anastrozole on 10,000...
Brussels, 30 Sep 2003 Media briefing on the latest developments in nuclear safeguards and waste management: combating the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials via the devel-opment and operation...
Brussels, 30 Sep 2003 Who? Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research, European Commission Prof. Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann, Vice President, Bayer HealthCare, Head of Anti-infectives Research and...