Brussels, 25 June 2002 Worldwide access to better information on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) moved a step closer today when the European Union ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety....
Brussels, 25 June 2002 "I would like Europe to become a centre of excellence and a focus for pharmaceutical research once again", stated EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin today at the annual...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 (Thorsten Münch, Per Haugaard) Commissioners David Byrne, responsible for Health and Consumer Protection, and Erkki Liikanen, responsible for Enterprise and Information Society...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Reporting for the Environment Committee Karin SCHEELE (PES, D) will be presenting a second draft legislative resolution on GMOs focussing on the authorisation and labelling...
Heidelberg, Germany, 25 June 2002 Highly promising results from clinical trials indicate that alpha-emitting radioisotopes can kill cancer cells. A recent workshop in Heidelberg organised by ITU,...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 UK organisations are being urged to register on a new website designed to advise them on how best to claim a share of the 3.6 billion euro funding allocated to European IT (...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Administrations in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia will be able to exchange data with EU Member States' back offices on how to supply e-government...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Commissioner Byrne will present the Commission's proposal for a Directive on safety and quality standards for human cells and tissues used in therapy throughout the European...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Antonios TRAKATELLIS (EPP-ED, GR) will be presenting the first of two draft legislative resolutions on GMOs. A majority of MEPs in the Environment Committee is demanding more...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 In two joint legislative draft resolutions from the Committee on Industry and Research, a compromise deal reached between the reporter Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D...
A new planetary system - and it looks like home Brussels, 25 June 2002 Scientists from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search team, in collaboration with American astronomers from the Keck and Lick...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Universities can play a key role in helping to bring about sustainability and can do this through both the European research area (ERA) and European higher education area (EHEA...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Austrian MEP Paul Rübig is to present a report to Parliament on 1 July calling for the safety and security of nuclear plants and nuclear materials to come under the...
Babies make eye contact in 48 hours Two-day old babies have the ability to make eye contact and can sense when they are being looked at directly, according to a new study funded by the Medical...
Scientist leaves £45m to Cambridge A multi-millionaire scientist who helped to revolutionise birth control by developing the contraceptive pill has left more than £45 million to Cambridge University...