Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 To be innovative and competitive, French research must focus on three main issues: developing a clear strategy to define the national objectives; clarifying the roles and...
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 The EU's Clinical Trials Directive is a poorly drafted law preventing vital medical research, claim UK scientists in an article published in the Telegraph. According to the UK...
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 The Commission's Enterprise DG has published a call for tenders relating to a cost-benefit assessment of the use of business-to-business (B2B) e-markets for European enterprises...
Universities face legal threat for favouring state pupils Universities that try to meet government targets on admitting more state school pupils risk falling foul of the Human Rights Act, funding...
Deadline: 10/11/2004
Nobel scientists savour success of smell Two American scientists who solved the mystery of the sense of smell were on Monday rewarded with the 2004 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Richard...
Brussels, 05 Oct 2004 According to Achilleas Mitsos, Director-General of the Commission's Research DG, if businesses are in the business of making money, then 'we must assume that the fact that they...
Brussels, 05 Oct 2004 A groundbreaking anti-cancer treatment, known as Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), has moved from phase I to phase II study, researchers announced at a press conference in...
Brussels, 05 Oct 2004 Two of the leading political groups in the European Parliament have signalled their support for the confirmation of Commissioner-designate Janez Potocnik to the Science and...
Brussels, 05 Oct 2004 An international conference on emergent risks and risks management in Europe will take place in Paris, France, from 15 to 17 November. The conference will gather scientists,...
Brussels, 05 Oct 2004 The UK's micro and nanotechnology (MNT) network is hosting a series of one day tradeshows aimed at bringing together all the major manufacturers, sellers and buyers of micro and...
Paris, 05 Oct 2004 Images These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the Claritas Fossae tectonic grabens and part of the Solis...
Medical students justify sex with patients Four out of 10 medical students say they could justify having a sexual relationship with a patient, despite the strict ethic that forbids them from doing so...
Brussels, 04 Oct 2004 Today, during a media briefing held at the VU Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, the European Commission's Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) announced that an innovative...
Brussels, 04 Oct 2004 After a two-day workshop in Vilnius, Lithuania, which brought together experts from International Organisations, New Member States, Accession Countries, Ukraine and the Western...