Brussels, 12 Sep 2006 Researchers from the UK, Vietnam and China have discovered why the H5N1 strain of flu is so deadly - because it over-stimulates the body's immune responses. The results,...
Brussels, 12 Sep 2006 Modern physics took one gigantic step forward on 11 September when scientists at CERN, the European Organisations for Nuclear Research, started to send a beam of neutrinos...
Helsinki, 12 September 2006 Nanotechnology researchers and experimenters focus on materials at the level of individual atoms and molecules measuring 1 to 100 billionths of a metre. Nanotechnologies...
Brussels, 12 Sep 2006 European and Asian leaders at the Sixth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM6) in Helsinki, Finland have reached an agreement on future cooperation between the two continents, paving the...
Brussels, 12 Sep 2006 The third 'European grid technology days' will take place on 19 September in Brussels, Belgium. This public event will be opened by Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information...
Deadline: 23/11/2006
Harvard abandons fast-track entry that favours elite Harvard University is to drop a controversial fast-track admission system for elite students in an attempt to open up America’s top colleges to...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2006 'Europe needs to do more to encourage people to become entrepreneurs,' Ján Figel, European Commissioner in charge of Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism told...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2006 Some birds, notably migratory species, are able to detect the Earth's magnetic field and use it to navigate. New results from a team of Franco-German researchers suggest that...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2006 New and more detailed techniques to investigate the human mind have pinpointed specific areas affected and types of disorder present in the human mind. The research, by...
Brussels, 11 September 2006 European Photovoltaic RTD and Demonstration Programme To accelerate the development, demonstration and market introduction of a new generation of PV systems, the European...
Brussels, 11 september 2006. During the EU/South Korea summit held in Helsinki today, the two parties formally signed an agreement on co-operation on the European satellite radio navigation programme...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2006 The ninth annual EU-China Summit took place on 9 September in Helsinki, Finland. The 36-point joint declaration outlines areas of closer cooperation, particularly in areas such...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2006 The European Commission's Directorate General for Information Society and the Media has published a call for tenders for a study on the impacts of information society...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2006 The European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) will hold its first network event on 20 October in Brussels, Belgium. Items on the agenda include: - an evaluation of the...