The New DNB still has the good, the bad and the ugly, but women and crime victims are better represented than before, says Huw Richards. Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, Florence Maybrick, Neville Heath,...
Ethnomusicologists are looking to the future as much as to the past in exploring diverse musical traditions, says Michael Church. Cometh the hour, cometh the man: the fact that we know so much about...
It's tough getting art students excited about profit-and-loss accounts, but one day they'll thank you, says Jo Andrews. Since I gave birth for the first time 19 years ago, the mysteries of nature-...
Brussels, 06 March 2002 The international USE-it! conference, which aims to present new concepts for the promotion of academic entrepreneurship, will take place on 24 to 26 April in Bonn, Germany....
Brussels, 06 March 2002 Luxembourg's Parliament has called on the European Commission to renegotiate Directive 98/44 on the protection of biotechnology inventions in view of 'ambiguities regarding...
Brussels, 06 March 2002 The technology for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms is ready for large-scale application, according to a Commission-funded project which examined ways of...
Paris, 06 March 2002 The power for Hubble's scientific discoveries comes from solar cells. Designing and constructing Hubble's first two sets of solar cell arrays constituted a huge technological...
Paris, 06 March 2002 Galileo, Europe's own Global Satellite Navigation System, constituted a major topic for decision at the ESA ministerial Council in Edinburgh last November. That Council agreed...
Brussels, 06 March 2002 Scientists from Europe, North America and South Africa will assemble in London on 13 and 14 May for a two day symposium on the role of science in the challenges of the future...
Failing colleges could be closed for poor results Weak colleges face closure as part of a crackdown on standards in further education that will be outlined by the government today. Ministers are...
Dolly research scientist quits the UK Just a week after the Lords gave their approval to stem cell research, one of Britain's leading scientists in the field has announced he is leaving to work in...
Brussels, 5 March 2002 Le Conseil a pris acte de la présentation par la Commission de sa proposition relative à la mise en oeuvre par la Communauté du Protocole de Cartagène, à savoir la proposition...
Brussels, 5 March 2002 COST Secretariat: Request of the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia for Membership of COST. Copy of letter from Prof. Dr. Nenad NOVKOVSKI, Minister of Education and...
Brussels, 5 March 2002 The European Commission today announced that it has set up a secure communications infrastructure for information exchange among European public administrations. In line with...
Brussels, 05 March 2002 The number of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) rose steadily during the second half of the 1990s, although applications from the USA and Japan rose by...