Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Disposing of nuclear waste presents an enormous challenge for many countries around the world. Some waste, such as that from hospital nuclear medicine departments, contains only...
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 A new study has revealed that the biodiversity of marine microbes could be far higher than previous estimates suggested; researchers from The Netherlands, Spain and the US found...
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Analytical improvements, fundamental knowledge and environmental issues have been highlighted as priorities in response to a consultation on research and development (R&...
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Nobel Prize-winning chemist Professor Paul Crutzen has outlined a drastic 'emergency route' from global warming, which could use artificial means to combat the slow rise in...
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 Full text of Document 12091/06 Suite of documents 12091/06 Subject: SATCEN - Report from the Secretary General/High Representative to the Council on the implementation of the...
Brussels, 01 Aug 2006 The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) project has completed its investigation into life beyond middle age, looking at the 50-plus age-group and what this...
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 A team of European researchers has decoded the genome of a key oil-degrading bacterium, Alcanivorax borkumensis. They hope that their new understanding of the biochemistry of...
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 Researchers from the University of Bonn have found that one of the oldest traditional remedies known to man - honey - may offer a better treatment for slow-healing wounds,...
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 A report published by a French member of parliament has recommended relaxing the authorisation procedure for embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning within France....
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 Scientists from the UK and the US have made a major breakthrough in understanding the genetics of the insect parasite responsible for the spread of diseases such as malaria....
Brussels, 31 Jul 2006 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signature of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Korea Full Text...
Most colleges 'set to sign technology transfer deals' Most of Britain's top research universities will have signed long-term deals giving companies exclusive access to their discoveries and...
Emmanuel regains top rung on Cambridge's academic ladder Emmanuel College, alma mater of F. R. Leavis, Griff Rhys Jones and Cecil Parkinson, has been ranked as the best college for academic...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2006 The EU's current sheep breeding programme is resistant to Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) and should continue in the interest of public safety, according to a...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2006 Physicists in Italy have developed a new microwave-based technique for analysing the moisture and salt content of fresco paintings without damaging them - something that was...