Brussels, 18 Mar 2003 A recent OECD report reveals that, although industrialised nations are investing more in research, European efforts to close the innovation gap with Japan and the United States...
Brussels, 18 Mar 2003 In order to become the most competitive knowledge-based economy by 2010, further efforts are necessary to meet the challenges facing European research, said EU Commissioner for...
Brussels, 18 Mar 2003 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is providing a dedicated service for the coordination of research activities at both national and...
Brussels, 18 Mar 2003 Urbanicity, a UN-backed website, provides city officials with a range of resources aimed at helping them gain a better understanding of sustainable urban management and...
Strasbourg, 18 Mar 2003 Signatures and ratifications at the Council of Europe - Week from 17 to 21 March 2003 - Provisional list The Czech Republic will ratify: - the European Convention for the...
Brussels, 18 March 2003 The Council adopted the Common Position with a view to the adoption of a Decision concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (...
V-cs unite in call to raise £3,000 cap on fees Universities are urging the government to lift its proposed £3,000-a-year cap on charging top-up fees. Former polytechnics and vice-chancellors...
Water shortages 'foster terrorism' A lack of water is a key factor in encouraging terrorism, the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto has heard. Mona El Kody, the chair of the National Water Research...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 Some 15 opinions and reports relating to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and genetically modified (GM) plants, as well as the harmonisation of risk assessment...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 An international symposium on forest ecosystem and landscape research will take place from 25 to June in Tours, France. The event aims at identifying the scientific priorities...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 Scientists from the Netherlands have warned that if the avian flu virus currently affecting the country encounters human influenza, it could crossbreed to form a human pathogen...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 A conference focusing on the emerging issue of human and veterinary pharmaceutical products appearing in aquatic environments is being organised from 14 to 16 April in Lyon,...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 CarboEurope is a cluster of EU research projects, funded under the Fifth Framework Programme, which aim to assess the European carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere. The...
Brussels, 17 March 2003 Europe's performance in research comes under scrutiny today with the publication of the Third European Report on Science & Technology (S&T) Indicators 2003....
Bruxelles, le 17 mars 2003 J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter aujourd'hui la troisième édition du 'Rapport Européen sur les Indicateurs de la Science et de la Technologie'. Ce rapport présente,...