Brussels, 06 May 2002 Is it possible to make a plastic so lifelike that severed human nerves could grow right through it and attach to electrodes in, say, a prosthetic hand? This is the question...
Brussels, 06 May 2002 Latin American scientific series and journals are under-recognised. A website and network set up to promote publications produced in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and...
Brussels, 06 May 2002 Proposals for health research priorities under the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) will be presented to the European Commission following a meeting which will bring together...
Brussels, 06 May 2002 The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is to hold an information day in Madrid, Spain, on 12 June. Entitled 'The JRC's strategic role in the European research area', the event will...
Paris, 5 May 2002 A mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth today after successfully delivering a new 'lifeboat' to the Station for use by the resident crew in the event of an...
Scientists crack genetic code of mice to aid man The mouse has become the latest living organism to have its genetic code unravelled, in a scientific breakthrough that promises to provide new...
Iain Gray steps into Wendy Alexander's shoes Scotland's former social justice minister Iain Gray is today expected to meet the Scottish science advisory committee as he takes over the portfolio of...
Brussels, 02 May 2002 The results of the US' National science foundation's biennial report show that US citizens are not, like their European counterparts, highly science literate. Americans show...
Brussels, 1 May 2002 Commission Opinion of 24 April 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications at the site of the Brokdorf Nuclear Power Station KBR...
Brussels, 02 May 2002 A new venture capital fund worth more than 19 million euro (over 12 million GBP) is to be launched by the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, to help commercialise the...
Paris, 02 May 2002 Europe's Spaceport Today, at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou French Guiana, Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director of Launchers, and Mr Gérard Brachet, CNES Director General, signed...
Brussels, 02 May 2002 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has a key role to play in combating the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, according to Research Commissioner Philippe...
Brussels, 02 May 2002 The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) has announced that the EMBO Award for communication in the life sciences will be presented on 9 November 2002. The 5,000 euro...
Newcastle University has asked us to point out that it did not fail to meet its recruitment target last year ( THES , April 26) - in fact it exceeded it.
The government's University Challenge funds have sparked a surge in business acumen in the higher education sector, a Royal Academy of Engineering conference was told on Monday. Ederyn Williams,...