Geneva, 12 Oct 2005 The inaugural meeting of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 229, Nanotechnologies, the engineering of tiny machines on the nanometer scale (usually 0.1-100nm), will be held 9-11...
Washington, 12 Oct 2005 By restructuring the 1918 influenza virus, scientists have discovered the deadly disease was an avian flu that advanced directly from birds to humans. The 1918 pandemic killed...
Paris, 11 October 2005 Offshoring of research and development is on the rise, with more multinationals setting up research and development (R&D) laboratories abroad, according to a new OECD...
Brussels, 12 October 2005 The Council adopted: - a directive on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for purposes of scientific research (9288/05+COR 1, 10510/05) and - a...
Luxembourg, 12 October 2005 The package that the Council adopted today consists of a Directive which sets out a specific procedure for admitting third country nationals for the purposes of scientific...
Brussels, 12 October 2005 The EU invests about a third less in research than the US, and the EU/US innovation gap has not narrowed in recent years. Meanwhile, emerging countries like China and India...
Brussels, 12 October 2005 The European Commission has tabled an integrated innovation and research action plan, which calls for a major upgrade of the conditions for research and innovation in Europe...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 EU ministers gathered in Luxembourg on 11 October heard that the UK Presidency intends to draw up a revised draft text on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for debate at the...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 The EU funded BioCop project is bringing together research expertise on new techniques to screen a variety of foodstuffs for multiple chemical contaminants, including pesticides...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 An academia-industry brokerage event entitled 'BioProducts for Food 2005' will take place in Harpenden, close to London, UK, from 7 to 9 November. Organised as part of the EU...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 An international conference on advanced manufacturing will take place in Leuven, Belgium, from 16 to 17 November. Organised by the Network of Excellence on intelligent...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 A conference entitled 'Public Private Partnerships in the Regions - building the European Research Area', will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 18 October. The conference is...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 The conference 'EnvirotechInvest' will take place in London, UK, on 22 November. The event will provide a platform uniting the investment world with the environmental industry's...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for engineering-related scientific and technical services relating to lift cars for...
International RAE judges announced More than 50 overseas scholars who will judge whether research carried out in British universities really is world class are named today. They will work with the 15...