Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 In the absence of a qualified majority, on 20 September ministers in the Agriculture Council were unable to reach a decision for or against the authorisation of genetically...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 The conference on 'The international dimension of the Europe Research Area (ERA) of knowledge: a common interest to Europe and the World' will take place in Brussels, Belgium,...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 The final conference of the WomEng project, 'Creating cultures of success for women engineers', will take place in Graz, Austria, from to 29 October. The conference will discuss...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 An international conference on 'Integrating regional intelligence' will take place in Cáceres, Spain, from 6 to 7 October. Organised in the framework of the...
New ratings will threaten unpopular courses A new university ratings system will force unpopular courses to improve or close as students vote with their feet, Bill Rammell, higher education minister...
Deadline: 15/12/2005
Human stem cells allow paralysed mice to walk Scientists have used injections of human stem cells to heal spinal injuries in paralysed mice, allowing them to walk normally again. The research, which...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 In the absence of a qualified majority in the Council, the Council was unable to act on the Commission's proposal on maize line 1507 (10785/05). A notification concerning the...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 A major EU-funded clinical engineering project has recently got underway that should see human tissue being grown from stem cells available for transplant in the next four years...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 The EU is funding the BioSim Network of Excellence in order to structure efforts to develop simulation models for the design, selection and testing of drugs. Thanks to the...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 The European Commission is to provide funding for 89 environmental innovation projects across the EU under its LIFE-Environment programme, which aims to demonstrate new methods...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has designate six 'Science Cities' to lead the development of deeper links between business and the science base and ensure...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 An open debate on 'ERRIN: past, present and future' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 26 September. The European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) is...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for a study on 'bringing together and accelerating eGovernment research in Europe'. This study has the following...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 The Commission's Information Society DG has published a call for tenders relating to a study on the impact of the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector on...