The Greeks have a word for it...
..but the locals may think it's your poor grasp of language, says Joanna Bourke, who reveals how she plans to spend the long, hot summer months Summer starts the moment I see olive and fig trees...
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The strident echo of 'Miss Hissy'
In the second of our series, June Purvis connects with suffragettes through her collection of sometimes saucy ephemera As a child, I liked collecting things, especially miniature objects such as tea...
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Commission Report on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within into and out of the Community and on generation, treatment and transboundary shipment of hazardous waste and other waste i
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of...
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Cancer Cell Walls Provide a Tempting Target for New Drugs, say Ludwig Institute Researchers
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 A team from the Uppsala Branch of the global Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) has identified a novel approach for targeting cancerous cells analogous to the effects...
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Symposium on quantum technologies -- Cambridge, UK, 29 August - 2 September
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 A symposium to examine emerging quantum technologies and their impact on industry and society will take place from 29 August to 2 September in Cambridge, UK. The event will...
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Europeans and Biotechnology in 2005: Patterns and Trends - Final report on Eurobarometer 64.3 (extract)
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 Full text A report to the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research George Gaskell (g.gaskell@lse.ac.uk), Associate Director of the Centre for the study of...
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Biotechnology, strategy: Commission invites stakeholders to review biotech strategy
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 As part of the mid-term review of the Commission's 2002-2010 life science and biotechnology strategy, stakeholders have until the end of September to voice their opinion of this...
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Towards zero emissions from fossil fuels
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 A new document outlines the possibilities for reaching zero emissions from power stations fed by fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas. While these resources are for the...
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EU project seeks to preserve digital heritage
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 Scientific, artistic and cultural information worldwide is becoming increasingly digitised, and this digital drive is particularly encouraged in Europe as it can ensure that...
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Scientists study Sumatra seabed for causes of tsunami
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 A team of international researchers, including French and UK scientists, is carrying out seismic studies of the seabed north-west of Sumatra. On 26 December 2004 a massive...
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Scientists unravel mysteries of brain organisation
Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 Researchers from the UK and Germany have thrown new light onto our understanding of the factors controlling the organisation and layout of brains. Previously, it had been...
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Health and Safety Executive grants decommissioning consent for Dungeness A power station
London, 2 August 2006 The decision on the application to carry out a decommissioning project at Dungeness A power station under the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for...
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Today's news
Media giants lap up Milkround in £20m battle for graduate website Several media groups are in the running to buy graduate recruitment website Milkround Online for about £20 million. Milkround, which...
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Today's news
Environmental schemes suffer as £200m Defra cuts ordered The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was in financial crisis last night after being told to cut its budget by nearly £200...
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Latest research news
Oceans teeming with 10 million kinds of microbe, researchers find The diversity of microbes in the world's oceans may be more than 100 times greater than previously thought, according to scientists...