Brussels, 29 Jul 2003 Taxonomy is not quite extinct, but it is certainly on the endangered list. In a twist of fate, the profession that documents new species of flora and fauna is now doing a head...
Tight ties may be bad for eyes Men who tie their neckties too tightly could be increasing their risk of a sight-destroying disease, new research suggests. Scientists found that a tight necktie caused...
Graduates won't need lifetime to pay loan Higher education minister Alan Johnson writes that from 2005, students will begin repaying their loans when they reach a salary of £15,000 with the rate then...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2003 The European Commission is well aware that if the EU is to fulfil it ambition of becoming the world's most competitive knowledge based economy, funding levels for research and...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2003 The Commission has published a study outlining possible scenarios and recommendations for the establishment of a European platform of women scientists. In its 2001 report '...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2003 The European Commission has launched a web portal aimed at facilitating networking between women scientists. 'The directory of networks of women scientists 2003' provides...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2003 The European Commission's Research DG has published a call for proposals for the analysis of the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication market. The...
Paris, 28 Jul 2003 The first flights of the Student Parabolic Flight Campaign are taking place in Bordeaux this week. A team from Imperial College, London is on board, with their experiment, Imperial...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2003 The fifth EUROMECH solid mechanics conference will take place from 17 to 22 August in Thessaloniki, Greece. EUROMECH, the European mechanics society, is an international non-...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2003 Full text of Document X3562/03 Suite of documents X3562/03 Chairman: Mr. ACHILLEAS MITSOS Adoption of the draft agenda Approval of the draft summary conclusions of the 288th...
Paris, 28 Jul 2003 Earth's youngest desert is shown in this July MERIS satellite image of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Once the fourth largest lake in the world, over the last 40 years the Aral Sea...
Clarke downgrades university degree targets Tens of thousands of young people qualified to go to university, and encouraged by the government to believe that they should go, will have to settle for...
Brussels, 25 Jul 2003 These guidelines are intended to help Member States to develop workable measures for co-existence in conformity with EU legislation. They set out the general principles and the...
Washington, 25 Jul 2003 Full text of the plan A U.S. multi-agency federal panel has issued a 10-year strategic plan to address what it says are some of the most complex questions the United States...
Brussels, 25 Jul 2003 Scientists from the French national research centre (CNRS) and the Italian institute for nuclear physics have completed work on an EU funded laser interferometer, a powerful...