Paris, 10 May 2006 The OECD will gather representatives from energy companies, research funding agencies, industrial research and development managers, and top scientists to discuss the direction...
Brussels, 10 May 2006 The European Commission and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization are making joint efforts aimed at supporting the set up of Pan-Amazonian environmental information systems...
Brussels, 10 May 2006 A new report warns that Europe is in danger of 'missing the boat' on commercial returns of nanotechnology, as the number of patent applications remain way below those from the...
Brussels, 10 May 2006 EASAC, the European Academies Science Advisory Council, has published a report in which it makes the case for renewed efforts by the EU to support vaccine innovation. The report...
Paris, 10 May 2006 Deep observations of two X-ray bright clusters of galaxies with ESA's XMM-Newton satellite allowed a group of international astronomers to measure their chemical composition with...
Brussels, 10 May 2006 The European Commission has today taken a position on how best to modernise Europe’s universities. This is fundamentally important for them to make their contribution...
London, 10 May 2006 Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General. HC 1044 2005-2006, 10 May 2006 Full Report (1140 KB) ISBN: 0102937699. Price: £10.75 Executive Summary (256 KB) The...
Universities facing exam 'meltdown' Universities are facing "meltdown" as a national boycott of marking by academics threatens thousands of students' exams, a union leader has warned. Sally Hunt,...
Animal rights extremists threatening letter to GSK investors The extremist campaign against animal research moved to a new level yesterday when private GlaxoSmithKline shareholders received...
Brussels, 09 May 2006 German and English scientists will lead a Europe-wide study into the role of genetics and the environment in the development asthma. Previous investigations have fallen short of...
Brussels, 09 May 2006 'Ordinary men and women have the ability to change our lives, both socially and economically. And we treat them like dirt,' said British inventor Trevor Baylis, standing up for...
Brussels, 09 May 2006 Six Technology Platforms (TPs), active in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector have welcomed the progress made towards the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7...
Brussels, 09 May 2006 The 13th Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing will take place in Linz, Austria, from 2 to 4 June. The congress will also host the tenth annual meeting of MEGAT - Middle...
Brussels, 09 May 2006 Full text of Document 1692/06 1. 7th Framework Programme (EC and Euratom), general approach ­ preparation of Coreper (doc. to follow) 2. Space policy ­...
Paris, 09 May 2006 Less than one month after insertion into orbit, and after sixteen loops around the planet Venus, ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has reached its final operational orbit on 7 May...