Brussels, 12 May 2004 Speaking in Brussels on 11 May 2004, Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin expressed his hope that a European Research Council (ERC) for fundamental research would be agreed...
Brussels, 12 May 2004 A workshop on 'performance assessment of public research, technology and development programmes' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 17 and 18 June. The event is being...
Brussels, 12 May 2004 Call for proposals for Marie Curie Research Training Networks (CORDIS) First deadline: 3 April 2003 Second deadline: 19 November 2003 - see the evaluation preliminary results DG...
Brussels, 12 May 2004 The chairman of the Ansari X-Prize, a ten million dollar (8.4 million euro) race to be the first private company to put a three person craft in space twice in two weeks, has...
Brussels, 12 May 2004 Nominations are now open for the 'f-cell Award', which recognises innovative fuel cell technology with a potential for practical application. The competition, run by the...
Paris, 12 May 2004 As they announced the signing of the contract by Arianespace for the launch of two Australian satellites, Optus D1 and Optus D2, on Ariane 5 and Soyuz from the Guiana Space Centre...
Dollars lure scientists Down Under Fears for the future survival in UK universities of "problem" subjects such as chemistry were reignited this week as it emerged that a campaign to lure top...
Monsanto bails out of wheat The biotechnology company Monsanto is to stop producing genetically modified wheat. The company announced on its website that it wanted to develop corn, cotton and...
Graduates face high cost of starting work University graduates are collectively spending £378 million to equip themselves for their first day at work, according to a survey of more than 5,000...
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The world's biggest seller of genetically modified (GM) seeds, Monsanto, announced on 10 May that it is to discontinue attempts to commercialise its GM wheat. The move has been...
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The Irish Minister for Health and Children, Micheà l Martin, called for a European standard for data collection and analysis in cardiology at the European meeting on Cardiology...
Brussels, 11 May 2004 Former US First Lady Nancy Reagan has joined 100 Nobel laureate scientists and 206 members of the US Congress in criticising the Bush administration for its decision to limit...
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The European Council for Construction Research, Development and Innovation (ECFREDI), currently coordinating the EU network E-CORE, is to organise a conference to showcase...
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The fourth Forum of European Neuroscience will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 10 to 14 July, and will address the latest global developments in brain research. The topics to...
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The INTERACT programme, developed in order to support the Commission's INTERREG 3 programme, has published its second call for proposals - for projects under priority 2 and...