Preventing abuse of the '.eu' domain
Brussels, 31 July 2002 The European Commission is seeking the views of the public on what should be done to counteract speculative and abusive registration of domain names in the future '.eu' top...
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Countries with biotechnology statistics increase by almost 500 per cent
Brussels, 31 July 2002 Some 17 countries, including seven EU Member States now have official statistics on biotechnology, almost a five-fold increase from the year 2000, it emerged at a recent OECD (...
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CORDIS gateway to the latest information on FP6
Brussels, 31 July 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is publishing a gateway page to provide users with newly available information on the Sixth...
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Space tech and textiles
Paris, 31 July 2002 Earlier this month ESA’s Technology Transfer Network met with 72 representatives of 53 European and Canadian textile companies in Lille, France. The idea - to brainstorm how...
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Update: 12:50
Report calls for online teaching resources Teachers and lecturers should have access to a new "College Online" offering learning resources, according to the report of the Post 16 e-Learning Strategy...
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Today's news
Bomb kills seven at Israeli university A bomb at a student cafeteria in Jerusalem killed seven people and injured more than 60 yesterday in the first Palestinian attack on a university during almost...
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Capital funding creeps ups
Capital funding for higher education is rising steadily to levels last seen six years ago. Funding for higher education was an estimated £381 million in 2001-02, compared with £409 million in 1995-96...
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Call for tenders for safety impact of daytime running lights for cars
Brussels, 30 July 2002 The European Commission's Energy and Transport DG has published a call for tenders for the assessment of the effectiveness of passenger car daytime running lights (DRLs) in...
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Commission report finds 'trust gap' in the B2B e-marketplace
Brussels, 30 July 2002 A report by the European Commission's Enterprise DG has found that problems of trustworthiness may still be discouraging businesses from participating in e-marketplaces -...
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Envisat's MERIS captures image of Hurricane Elida
Paris, 30 July 2002 The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) onboard ESA's Envisat environmental satellite captured this dramatic image of Hurricane Elida off the west coast of Mexico on 25...
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No bugs please, this is a clean planet!
Paris, 30 July 2002 When packing for a trip towards another planet, there are some things, such as microorganisms, that you do not want to include in your 'luggage'. For example, what if...
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End of the bedrest campaign
Paris, 30 July 2002 Long-duration spaceflight has a significant impact on the body, with astronauts experiencing changes in their bone and muscle in particular. To meet the requirements of long-stay...
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Companies invited to present technology offers and requests at Biomaterial 2002
Brussels, 30 July 2002 'Biomaterial 2002', organised by the Innovation relay centre (IRC) at THATI GmbH in Erfurt, Germany and the Thüringen Society for biomatieral will take place on 24 and 25...
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Evaluation of Leonardo da Vinci programme - call for tenders
Brussels, 30 July 2002 The European Commission's Education and Culture DG has announced a call for tenders for the first external mid-term evaluation of the Leonardo da Vinci programme II. The...
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British Museum hosts innovative design and construction conference
Brussels, 30 July 2002 A conference devoted to technological innovation in design and construction will take place at the British Museum, London, on 29 January 2003. The morning session will examine...