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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,...
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Calls for tender in the field of Integrated Product Policy (links)
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-...
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Lasers spark new paths in radio-isotope transmutation
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 Summary: Collaboration between EC's Joint Research Centre (JRC), Univ. of Jena (D), Univ. of Strathclyde (UK), Imperial College (UK), and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) has...
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A cloud-free Europe captured by MSG-1
Paris, 26 August 2003 As most Europeans breathe a sigh of relief as this record-breaking summer draws to a close, the extreme weather conditions experienced in recent weeks have given us a rare view...
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Report compiles EU project results and offers recommendations for education policy makers
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 A selection of briefing papers for policy makers on the results of EU funded research projects in the field of education has been published by the European Commission. The...
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Information days on mobility funding opportunities
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 The UK national mobility contact point is organising four information days on mobility funding opportunities under the Sixth Framework Programme. The programme for the...
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Busquin calls on African governments to support EDCTP
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 EU Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin has called on African governments to lend their support to the European developing countries clinical trials partnership (EDCTP)....
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International symposium on Eastern Mediterranean geology
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 An international symposium on Eastern Mediterranean geology will take place from 14 to 20 April in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference will provide researchers with an...
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New tool for weather forecasters
Paris, 26 August 2003 A new processing system now operational in ESA ground stations will help weather forecasters to benefit once more from unique all-weather data from the ERS-2 scatterometer....
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Introductory seminars on bioethics
Brussels, 02 Sep 2003 The European Institute for Biotechnology will host two introductory seminars on bioethics in Brussels on 9 and 14 October. The seminars are aimed at members of the public who do...
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International summer school on Envisat data assimilation
Paris, 1 September 2003 The First Envisat Data Assimilation Summer School has just been held at ESRIN, ESA's Space Research Institute just outside Rome. Sponsored by ESA and the World Climate...
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Flip a Sun's pole for more dust
Paris, 20 August 2003 Astronomers once thought they understood how the Sun worked. A large ball of gas, generating energy by nuclear fusion, it also created a magnetic field enclosing Earth and the...
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Nuna II ready for its debut
Paris, 25 August 2003 On 19 October 50 racing cars will be in Darwin, Australia warming up for the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge; among them, a slick student-built machine that profits from...
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ESA Director General comments on Columbia Accident Investigation Board report
Paris, 28 August 2003 Commenting on the Columbia accident report delivered to NASA by the independent Investigation Board, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency, said...
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How to drop in on Titan
Paris, August 2003 You need to have thought of almost every eventuality when landing on a distant moon in a remote corner of the Solar System. You must have tested your spacecraft to its limits to be...