Update: 12:35
Currie expected to become Ofcom chairman Lord Currie of Marylebone, dean of City University business school and adviser to chancellor Gordon Brown, is expected to be appointed chairman of Ofcom, the...
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Updated text of a proposed Regulation on genetically modified food and feed (link)
Brussels, 23 July 2002 Full text 1 July 2002 (05.07) Outcome of proceedings of: Working Party on Agricultural Questions (GMOs) on: 12 June 2002 No. prev. doc.: 8983/02 No. Cion prop.: 11576/01 COM(...
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Aeronautics: Commission supports new strategic research agenda
Brussels, 23 July 2002 The European Commission today welcomed the initial findings of the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE). Its blueprint for a new strategic research...
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Evolution of current concepts will not be enough to achieve aeronautics objectives, says advisory group
Brussels, 23 July 2002 The objectives of the aeronautics strategic research agenda (SRA) will not be achievable without important breakthroughs in technology and operational concepts - evolution of...
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Scientists unveil key component of second generation Internet
Brussels, 23 July 2002 UK scientists unveiled one of the key building blocks of the Grid, hailed as the 21st century successor to the Internet, at an international conference in Edinburgh, Scotland,...
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Web site goes live for Meteosat launch
Brussels, 23 July 2002 The European space agency (ESA) has launched a website enabling visitors to follow preparations for the launch of a sophisticated new weather satellite. The Meteosat Second...
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Academia Europaea meeting to examine science and risk
Brussels, 23 July 2002 The 14th annual meeting of Academia Europaea will examine 'The sciences and the understanding of risk: policies for public trust and well being' in Lisbon, Portugal, from 9 to...
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Closer ties between NASA and ESA safety organisations
Paris, 23 July 2002 Yesterday at NASA Headquarters, ESA’s Director of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity Jörg Feustel-Buechl and NASA’s Associated Administrator-Office of Space Flight Frederick D....
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Geneva to host environmental chemistry meeting
Brussels, 23 July 2002 The third European meeting on environmental chemistry will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 11 to 14 December 2002. Topics will include undisturbed ecosystems and...
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Today's news
Academics urge Israel to end settlements Several high-profile academics, including John Dunn, professor of political theory at Cambridge University, Frank Kermode, King Edward VII professor at...
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Update 12:25
Ordnance Survey won't become a plc The government has decided not to turn Ordnance Survey into a company, the House of Commons heard yesterday. Department of the regions under-secretary Tony McNulty...
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Finland publishes strategy for its role in the creation of ERA
Brussels, 22 July 2002 The Academy of Finland has set out its ambition to be an active and influential force in European science policy in its recently published International Strategy. The academy...
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Study on training courses in research ethics - prior notification of call for tenders
Brussels, 22 July 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has published a prior information notice for a call for tenders for the provision of a study on training courses in ethics in research...
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Foresight document sheds light on future of European research
Brussels, 22 July 2002 A European area of science and technology foresight may one day become a reality, according to a working document issued by the European Commission's Research DG. The guide...
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Statistics on women and science available online
Brussels, 22 July 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has launched a new website providing statistics and indicators on women and science. The Research DG's Women and Science unit, in...