London, 4 October 2005 Reports of record lows for the extent of Arctic sea ice precede the launch of CryoSat, the European Space Agency satellite. The mission is set to address one of the most hotly...
Tories urged to block plans for increase in student visa fees University heads will today urge the Conservatives to vote against the government's proposals to increase the fees charged for overseas...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2005 The European Commission unveiled its strategy to make Europe's written and audiovisual heritage available on the Internet on 30 September. Digital libraries are one of the...
Geneva, 03 Oct 2005 WIPO Member States Extend International Work on Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources And Folklore Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2005 'It is clear that for the rapid growth in air travel to be safe, a drastic change in the way traffic is managed in the skies above Europe must take place,' said EU Science and...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2005 The European Commission and the European Patent Office (EPO) will hold the PATINNOVA and EPO Patent Information conferences in Budapest, Hungary, from 8 to 10 November. The...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2005 A stakeholder conference on the launch of the European Climate Change Programme, second phase (ECCP II) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 October. The European Climate...
Paris, 03 Oct 2005 Do giant flashes of lightning striking upwards from thunder clouds merely pose an extraordinarily spectacular view? Or do they actually alter the chemical composition of the...
Paris, 03 Oct 2005 Photos Australian researchers have found Envisat's MERIS sensor can detect coral bleaching down to ten metres deep. This means Envisat could potentially monitor impacted coral...
Rammell: I'm right on university admissions The higher education minister, Bill Rammell, today told independent schools they were wrong to criticise his plans for a shake-up of university admissions...
Brussels, 30 Sep 2005 The Antarctic is as remote as it is hostile - no other continent is so cold or sparsely populated. But while it may be a frozen desert at the southern tip of the Earth, the...
Brussels, 30 Sep 2005 British scientists have developed an electronic nose that can test for superbug MRSA infections in just 15 minutes. Standard culture tests to identify MRSA (methicillin-...
Brussels, 30 Sep 2005 A follow-up study to the UK's farm scale evaluations (FSE) of genetically modified (GM) crops has found that the impacts on wildlife observed in the initial results can persist...
Brussels, 30 Sep 2005 An international conference on the problem of declining student enrolment in science and technology courses will take place on 14 and 15 November in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....
Brussels, 30 Sep 2005 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has issued a call for tenders on developing harmonised methods for assessing carbon sequestration in European forests. The...