Brussels, 19 Dec 2005 The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Pasteur has announced that preliminary results of clinical trials of an candidate H5N1 pre-pandemic influenza vaccine demonstrated a...
Brussels, 19 Dec 2005 Biotech maize 1507 is genetically modified with the Bt trait to make it resistant to certain insect pests (in Europe these typically include Ostrinia nubilalis, commonly known...
London, 19 December 2005 Funding and grants Information and Application Pack Independent Assessors for DTI Energy Programmes Advert INTRODUCTION The DTI wish to appoint a panel of independent...
Come to Dundee, as seen on TV The University of Dundee has become the darling of the advertising industry - the first time any higher education institution in the UK has found itself with such...
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 According to the authors of a new report on the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), the programme was a success, with high levels of goal attainment and impacts in terms of...
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 The Austrian government, which takes over the EU Presidency on 1 January, has published its priorities in the field of research. The priorities mainly concern pushing for the...
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 On 15 December the European Commission adopted a new regulation aimed at promoting the development of new medicinal products by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), by...
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 A study by the journal Nature has found that the accuracy of scientific information contained in the free online resource Wikipedia is roughly the same as that of the...
Brussels, 16 Dec 2005 The final workshop of a Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) concerted action on neuroreceptor imaging will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 and 3 February. 'Neuroreceptor...
Brussels, 16 December 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you here today. Your presence demonstrates that the continued momentum behind European Technology Platforms....
Brussels, 15 December 2005 The European Economic and Social Committee considers in its opinion the Commission’s proposal to increase expenditure and to devote nearly 8% of the total...
Medical students face £20,000 debt The average debt faced by final-year medical students has topped £20,000 for the first time, according to a report to be published today. The British Medical...
Climate Change and Biodiversity - Climate Change and Africa
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel written by an 18th-century MP who died of yellow fever and was buried at sea. He was obliged...
The Origins of Value