London, 02 Nov 2004 Summary This inquiry focussed upon the way in which the UK Government supported the Beagle 2 consortium in the development of a lander for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars...
Paris, 02 Nov 2004 The contract for a fourth Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) spacecraft was signed today, ensuring continuity of European meteorological satellite services with the delivery of data...
Brussels, 02 Nov 2004 NASA's Swift mission, an international collaboration, is dedicated to studying the connection between black holes and gamma-ray bursts (GRB), the most distant and powerful...
Brussels, 02 Nov 2004 The European Union Research Advisory Board (EURAB) has followed up its recommendations on social sciences and humanities within the European Research Area (ERA) of January 2004...
Brussels, 02 Nov 2004 The Spanish government has approved a series of measures to allow research on embryonic stem cells. At a press conference on 29 October, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa...
Brussels, 02 Nov 2004 Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Maria van der Hoeven, has called for new efforts to secure the digital storage of scientific research, which, she claimed,...
Brussels, 02 Nov 2004 The European Commission's Research DG has published a call for tenders to produce an inventory of scientific advice processes and risk governance in the enlarged EU. The...
Extremists target Oxford dons online The home addresses and private phone numbers of Oxford dons and senior Government ministers have been posted on the internet by animal rights...
Mumps hits university campuses Universities are setting up mass vaccination programmes and writing to students advising them to have the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as an...
New universities snub tradition in vocational shift Britain's new universities are abandoning traditional academic courses in favour of vocational degrees as they vie for students in an increasingly...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 1207/1/04 Revision 01 Suite of documents 1207/1/04 The meeting was chaired by Dr. MITSOS (European Commission, Director General for Research). In the...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3973/04 Representatives of Member States and Commission will hold coordination meeting at above time and place to discuss statements to be made. Further...
Geneva, 29 Oct 2004 Full text In May 2003, Switzerland submitted a proposal regarding the declaration of the source of genetic resources and traditional knowledge in patent applications to the...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 Europe needs to develop a European Evaluation Area with new European tools and measures for more competitive and successful European research programmes, says Danish scientist....
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 In an increasingly globalised world, the EU should stop worrying so much about benchmarking and focus more of the framework conditions that shape localisation decisions if it...