Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 1204/04 Suite of documents 1204/04 The meeting was chaired by Mr. MITSOS (European Commission, Director General for Research). 1. ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 As the fifth anniversary of the Descartes Prize approaches, the Commission is keen to raise the profile of its most prestigious award for collaborative research and place it on...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 The European Commission is providing 12 million euro under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) for a new project aimed at using genetically modified (GM) plants to grow vaccines...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 An international conference on genomics, entitled 'Genomics Momentum 2004 - genomics for our world', will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 30 August to 1 September...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Within the scope of the EuroScience Open Forum, a symposium entitled 'Spreading the word: who profits from scientific publications?' will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 26...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 On 18 June 2004 in Brussels, after extensive talks between leaders of the 25 EU Member States, a Constitution was agreed for the European Union, including specific references to...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Large-scale research funding is crucial to ease the transition from micro- to nanoelectronics, according to a report from leading industrial and research organisations....
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Chemical and biotechnology sector organisations Cefic and EuropaBio launched a European Technology Platform on sustainable chemistry in Brussels on 7 July 2004. This focuses on...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Vacuum deposition of wear coatings is more environmentally friendly than galvanic methods – but also more costly. The TIPCOAT project has now developed lower cost physical...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 By combining pulse-plating and ultrasonic techniques, the ULTRAPLATE project has produced breakthrough improvements in the speed and precision of electrodeposition of metals and...
Paris, 14 Jul 2004 On 9 July 2004, the Near-Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel recommended that ESA place a high priority on developing a mission to actually move an asteroid. The conclusion was...
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R&D funding boost given a welcome Scientists have welcomed the Government's 10-year investment framework for science and innovation, which aims to increase British spending on research and...
UUK chief warns of overseas threat to colleges Ivor Crewe, president of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of Essex University, described Britain as "the silver medallists in the higher education...