Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 The Oxford Internet Institute (OII), launched on September, will be one of the world's first research centres to study the social impact of the web, and attempt to integrate its...
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 A state of the art tourism information service may soon be available in Europe, thanks to a project funded under the 'Information Society Technologies' (IST) subsection of the...
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 The Representation of the German region Nordrhein-Westfalia to the EU is hosting a platform event on the topic of fuel cell technology in the context of the Sixth Framework...
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 139/02 STATEMENTS TO THE COUNCIL MINUTES Following the adoption by the Competitiveness Council of the above mentioned decisions on 30 September 2002...
Aga Khan foiled in bid for medical school site The Aga Khan, the billionaire spiritual leader of 17 million Ismaili Muslims, has failed in his £24 million bid to turn one of London’s most desirable...
Thumbs up for Scotland's comprehensive schools Scots back the country's current system of comprehensive education, according to researchers at Edinburgh University's Moray House school of education...
Brussels, 07 Oct 2002 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering ( COM(...
Copenhague, 7 octobre 2002 Mesdames et Messieurs les journalistes, chers collègues, J'ai le plaisir de faire une synthèse sur les présentations qui vous ont été faites aujourd'hui, mais je tiens tout...
Luxembourg, 07 Oct 2002 The European Investment Bank has signed a loan for an amount of EUR 28 million to support infrastructure development for BioValley, the biotech facility management arm of the...
Brussels, 7 October 2002 "Smart dust" computers are the size of a grain of sand. "Lab-on-a-pill" devices can surf our bloodstream. Nanotech products are extremely small so small they can save raw...
Copenhagen, 07 Oct 2002 At the moment, researchers from all over Europe are vigorously discussing whether there is a need to establish a European Research Council. On 7-8 October, they will have the...
Britons win Nobel prize for medicine Sir John Sulston was yesterday awarded the Nobel prize for medicine, along with another Briton, Sydney Brenner, and an American, Robert Horvitz, for their work on...
Britons win Nobel prize for medicine Sir John Sulston was yesterday awarded the Nobel prize for medicine, along with another Briton, Sydney Brenner, and an American, Robert Horvitz, for their work on...
Low salaries drive FE lecturers into schools Low salaries are driving lecturers out of further education colleges and into better-paid jobs in schools or the private sector, principals said today. A...
Brussels, 4 October 2002 The results of a call for expressions of interest (EoIs) in the €17,5 billion 6 th EU Research Framework Programme (FP6 2003-2006) were today announced by the Commission. The...