Norway hosts biotechnology event
Brussels, 07 June 2002 Norway will present biotechnology as the next wave of the knowledge-based economy at the 9th meeting of the Norwegian Research and IT Forum on June 20 in Brussels....
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Results of Commission's consultation on life sciences and biotechnology
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Commission Staff Working Paper: Results of the public consultation "Towards a Strategic Vision of Life Sciences and Biotechnology." Cover note from the Secretary-General of the...
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Participation in and dissemination of research results: draft parliamentary report
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Report on the amended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and...
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Philippe Busquin: What next to consolidate a competitive and innovative Europe? European Business Summit Brussels, 7 June 2002
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Introduction The Lisbon European Council of March 2000 is a turning point in recent European Union history. It set an ambitious objective, not out of reach Europe must become "...
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Strategic rail research agenda sets goal to double rail market share by 2020
Brussels, 07 June 2002 The European rail research advisory council (ERRAC) has announced a strategic rail research agenda for 2020, which recommends using innovative technology to double the rail...
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The Commission calls on Candidate Countries to join its research efforts
Brussels, 7 June 2002 In the enlarged European Union, research and development (R&D) will be key in meeting the challenge of turning the EU into an economic powerhouse, with more and better...
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Update: 13:00
Islamic students shun study in UK and US Britain and the United States have slumped as first choices for study among young people from predominantly Islamic countries, according to a British Council...
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Today's news
Brown to boost sciences Chancellor Gordon Brown is to signal significant extra funding for science in schools and universities in a speech setting the parameters for next month’s three-year spending...
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Commission conference weighs pros and cons of GM foods
Brussels, 06 June 2002 The benefits and risks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were discussed at a conference on GM foods organised by European Commission stagiaires on 6 June 2002. René...
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Conference to discuss IDA's role in pan-European eGovernment
Brussels, 06 June 2002 A conference on pan-European eGovernment Services will take place in Brussels on 19 to 20 September. Organised under the 'Interchange of Data between Administrations' (IDA)...
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Australia rejects Kyoto Protocol
Brussels, 06 June 2002 Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced on 5 June that his country will join the USA in refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, despite signing it just...
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New road transport advisory committee to advise Commission on strategic priorities
Brussels, 06 June 2002 The European Commission will receive advice on strategic priorities in road transport from the new EU Road transport research advisory committee, the committee's vice-chairman...
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Meeting the challenges of providing clean energy: Commission looks into clean alternatives to fossil fuels
Ispra, Italy, 06 June 2002 Photovoltaics is a science that examines light-electricity conversion. Conversion of solar energy carried by photons is transformed by solar cells into direct-current...
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ESA's Microgravity Science Glovebox is launched to the ISS
Paris, 06 June 2002 This morning, ESA's Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral inside the logistics module MPLM-Leonardo, aboard a US Space Shuttle - STS-...
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Update 12:15
Thinktank calls for 'socially worthwhile' student jobs Students should be paid to work in schools and the NHS rather than in bars and fast-food outlets, according to the UK’s leading centre-left...