Geneva, 03 Sep 2003 1. The Sixth Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)1 invited the World Intellectual Property Organization to: "prepare a technical study, and...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Making paper more water-resistant while retaining biodegradability and ease of recycling could open the door to many more applications. A fortuitous discovery is pointing the...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Summary: Do we really know what we are breathing? Presentation of the latest studies on indoor air pollution impacting on human health. Invitation to the Press Contact: berta....
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Organiser The European Commission in accordance with the European Parliament is organising a one-day conference on Brain Research in Europe during the Italian Presidency. The...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Whether it's on the farm or in the lab, few issues provoke such heated debate and public concern as animal welfare. A forthcoming EU publication delves into this sensitive...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 EU Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society Erkki Liikanen has claimed that the key to digital inclusion is the promotion of platforms such as digital TV and...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 The Industrial Technologies Directorate of the European Commission Research DG has published the first issue of European Industrial Research magazine. It provides a round up of...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 Women and Science In most European countries, the numbers of female graduates are proportionately higher than those of male graduates. However, the scientific labour market...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 As evidence came to light of endocrinal changes in mammals and increased testicular cancer and lower male sperm counts, policy-makers knew action was needed. The EU's new...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 The European Commission has awarded funding to a new prostate cancer network funded under Priority 1, 'life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health', of the Sixth...
Paris, 03 Sep 2003 Selected by an international jury out of 104 entries from 36 countries, Lavie Tidhar's story Temporal Spider, Spatial Webs is the winner of this year's Clarke-Bradbury...
Paris, 03 Sep 2003 The latest discovery of a large asteroid moving through our Solar System puts a spotlight on the studies of these and other wandering celestial objects by the European Space Agency...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 An international seminar entitled 'networking for effective research and development [R&D]' will take place on 22 and 23 September in Petten, the Netherlands. The main...
Cost of university fees is 'two pints of beer a week' Graduates starting off on a salary of £18,000 a year in London would only have to give up two pints of beer a week to repay their top-up fees,...
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 Calls for tenders for the following contracts are currently open: Development of Indicators for Integrated Product Policy (OJ S 154-139788 of 13.8.2003) Internet site on life-...