Brussels, 15 September 2006 The Council is due to vote on a proposal from the Commission to authorise a genetically modified oilseed rape (known as Ms8xRf3) for import and processing in the EU. The...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Putting knowledge into...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 Through the analysis European satellite imagery, researches estimate 2006 crop yields to be lower than last year. Scientists have determined that the total area affected by the...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 The European Commission has given France the all-clear to grant €100 million in state aid to a Franco-Chinese research and development (R&D) project at Eurocopter,...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 For the first time, the genome of a tree has been sequenced. The tree in question is a type of poplar known as the black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa). Sequencing the poplar...
Brussels, 15 September 2006 After the success of 2005, the European Commission is once again supporting events across Europe to celebrate “European Researchers Night”. There will...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 The chaos surrounding the classification of the planets has had an unforeseen consequence on the naming of the dwarf planet-formerly-known-as-Xena. It will now be known as 'Eris...
Helsinki, 15 Sep 2006 2153rd MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) Date: Wednesday 20 (10:15) and Friday 22 (10:15) September 2006 - Proposal for a Decision of the European...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2006 Full text [...] Conclusions The available data are not sufficient to allow the safety of LLRICE601 to be assessed in accordance with the EFSA guidance for risk assessment....
Deadline: 02/11/2006
Young 'will lose half of their pay to taxes' Young people will have to hand over almost half their salary to the taxman, according to a report which shows the escalating financial pressures facing...
The Titans of Saturn
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who started out as an actress: "When the fire curtain had been lowered and the doors were...
Fantastic Realities
The State of the Universe