Brussels, 25 January 2006 Call for expressions of interest in membership of the Scientific Committee and scientific panels of the European Food Safety Authority (Deadline for expression of interest...
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Science and Research has signed the letter of accession of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) to the Generation IV...
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 267/06 1. GALILEO - Participation of third countries in the GNSS Supervisory Authority - Examination of draft Council conclusions = Doc. 5538/06 TRANS 19...
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 5363/1/06 Revision 01 Suite of documents 5363/1/06 - List of topics on which there could be open debates at meetings of the Council (Article 8 para 3 of...
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published research compiled from its 30 member countries, including within the EU, suggesting that children...
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 The European Commission has adopted an action plan on improving animal welfare, which includes a section on promoting alternative approaches to animal testing. EU Health and...
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 COST, the intergovernmental programme for European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research, is organising a strategic workshop on 'Food and health: the way...
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 ALOS, Japan's latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental data and imagery from ALOS will be provided...
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet more similar to Earth than any found to date. This groundbreaking discovery of a new extra solar planet, or exoplanet...
Payout for part-time lecturer sets precedent, union claims The lecturers' union Natfhe today claimed victory for part-time lecturers after the settlement of a three-year battle with Leeds...
Brown opens disease research unit Chancellor Gordon Brown has opened a pioneering research unit which aims to tackle some of the world's most neglected diseases. The £13 million Drug Discovery Unit...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 'The European Institute of Technology [EIT] is supposed to be a mantra for achieving the Lisbon goals,' said German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, opening a seminar assessing the...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 The Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) has received its first parts for the Wendelstein 7-X plasma chamber fusion reactor. The 35-ton device is constructed from...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 A course introducing the new aspects of the forthcoming Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, on 8 March. The course is intended to assist...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 With the internet and developments in information technology come great opportunities to interact and transact. But what happens when on-line parties are less than happy about...