Brussels, 05 August 2002 The European Commission's Information Society DG has issued an open call for tenders for a study on 'the development and interoperability of electronic and biometric...
Brussels, 05 August 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's research and development information service, is providing a new searchable service dedicated to research and innovation documents and...
Leukaemia screening test to be piloted in UK A screening test that could help revolutionise the way children with leukaemia are treated is to be piloted across the UK. Experts from Bristol, Glasgow,...
Unions call for spread of scientific know-how The government's £1.25 billion science strategy will fail unless know-how is spread through the regions, the Trades Union Congress warned yesterday. (...
Students shun new universities Students are turning their backs on new universities in favour of traditional institutions. Many former polytechnics and colleges have suffered a huge dip in...
Brussels, 02 August 2002 A team of researchers from four Member States are to test the accuracy and efficiency of methods used to provide DNA profiles from physical evidence left behind at a crime...
Brussels, 02 August 2002 The European Commission and the European Parliament are working together to organise the conference 'Towards greater coherence in European cancer research', to take place in...
Brussels, 02 August 2002 A paper written by Aly Siby of the European International University, and published by the European Parliament has questioned the effectiveness of the eighth thematic...
Brussels, 02 August 2002 The European Commission has accepted an offer by ALLEA, the All European academies of sciences and humanities, to act as a mediator in identifying potential evaluators for...
Paris, 02 August 2002 A German supply vessel and its crew are stuck in Antarctica until October after severe winds and ice fields 7 metres high forced an Argentinian rescue ship to retreat. A radar...
Gene tests threaten to destroy private health The entire system of private medical and life insurance is likely to be forced to shut down by the middle of the century because of advances in genetics...
Report calls for regional technology transfer The government's £1.25 billion science strategy will fail unless scientific know-how is spread to businesses throughout the UK, a report from the Trades...
Flawed student assessment risks undermining confidence in the standard of British degrees, the quality watchdog has warned at the end of the largest ever review of university teaching. Publishing the...
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith has quit as provost of University College London after council members received a letter from senior staff expressing no confidence in him. The council had earlier delayed...
Higher education's most used archive, which contains gems such as Charlotte Bronte's will and the marriage bonds of Anthony Trollope and William Wordsworth, has received a Heritage Lottery grant of £...