Heidelberg, Germany, 25 June 2002 Highly promising results from clinical trials indicate that alpha-emitting radioisotopes can kill cancer cells. A recent workshop in Heidelberg organised by ITU,...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 UK organisations are being urged to register on a new website designed to advise them on how best to claim a share of the 3.6 billion euro funding allocated to European IT (...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Administrations in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia will be able to exchange data with EU Member States' back offices on how to supply e-government...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Commissioner Byrne will present the Commission's proposal for a Directive on safety and quality standards for human cells and tissues used in therapy throughout the European...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Antonios TRAKATELLIS (EPP-ED, GR) will be presenting the first of two draft legislative resolutions on GMOs. A majority of MEPs in the Environment Committee is demanding more...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 In two joint legislative draft resolutions from the Committee on Industry and Research, a compromise deal reached between the reporter Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D...
A new planetary system - and it looks like home Brussels, 25 June 2002 Scientists from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search team, in collaboration with American astronomers from the Keck and Lick...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Universities can play a key role in helping to bring about sustainability and can do this through both the European research area (ERA) and European higher education area (EHEA...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Austrian MEP Paul Rübig is to present a report to Parliament on 1 July calling for the safety and security of nuclear plants and nuclear materials to come under the...
Babies make eye contact in 48 hours Two-day old babies have the ability to make eye contact and can sense when they are being looked at directly, according to a new study funded by the Medical...
Scientist leaves £45m to Cambridge A multi-millionaire scientist who helped to revolutionise birth control by developing the contraceptive pill has left more than £45 million to Cambridge University...
Lecturers lobby MPs ahead of spending review Staff from the Association of University Teachers and Natfhe, the lecturers' union, are lobbying MPs at Westminster today about pay. They are trying to...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 Commission study on scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture - Contribution from the German delegation. Note...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 'Serious and swift action' must be taken to stem the decline of European scientific capability, six European Nobel prize laureates have said in an open letter to the Seville...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is offering a revamped information service for national and European-funded research in the 15...