Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 The newly appointed president of the French national centre for scientific research (CNRS), Catherine Bréchignac, has pledged to put science back at the top of the...
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 European industrial accidents cause an injury every eight seconds, and a death every two hours. These alarming statistics were called 'astonishing and unacceptable', by Janez...
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 'Innovation must be a human phenomenon, not an activity restricted to the private sector,' states a report on innovation in the public sector produced by Publin, a project...
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 Full text of Document 516/06 1. Specific Programme "Cooperation": ­ second reading of themes 8, 4, 9 & 10 ("Socio-economic", "Nanosciences", "Space", "Security...
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 A WTO panel has in some respects ruled against the EU and in favour of the US, Canada and Argentina in a complaint relating to genetically modified organisms (GMOs)1. BEUC...
Students 'ill-prepared for university' New university students struggle with the demands put on them because the school examination treadmill leads to expectations of "spoon feeding" rather than...
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Genes of deadly bird flu reveal Chinese origin The H5N1 flu virus has been circulating continuously in poultry in south-eastern China for a decade, scientists have found. A massive genetic analysis...
Brussels, 7 February 2006 Press coverage: WTO rules EU import ban illegal There is a need for strong regulatory oversight of GM technology There is a general consensus between scientists that GMOs...
Brussels, 7 February 2006 The European Commission is today holding a media briefing to present current EU-funded research on pandemic and avian influenza. During thematic briefings in research...
Brussels, 7 February 2006 Commission Decision of 13 January 2006 authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients derived from genetically modified maize line MON 863 as novel...