Strasbourg, May 2003 Jonas SJÖ STEDT (EUL/NGL, S) for the Environment Committee will be tabling a draft legislative resolution amending the Council's common position on the transboundary or cross-...
Brussels, May 2003 An EU project has discovered that pollutants from seawater are being pumped into coastal soil, causing contamination of freshwater. Previously, scientists believed that toxic...
Brussels, May 2003 The European Commission has just launched its new 'Biosociety' website - an online resource and information portal offering the latest news and views on biotechnology and the life...
Brussels, May 2003 Providing better public access to research findings is critical to knowledge transfer in Europe. Germany's Max Planck Society shows how it can be done without too much fuss....
Dubrovnik, May 2003 COST MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE Dubrovnik, May 2003 Ministers and High Officials from the 35 Member States of COST, the European Union and the European Science Foundation met at the...
Brussels, May 2003 A brokerage event entitled 'EuroMicroDay2003' will take place on 29 June in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event will bring together European scientists and entrepreneurs on microbiology...
Brussels, May 2003 Science offers insight into the changing world around us, yet for many Europeans, including the new EU members, it represents something unknown and even frightening. What can be...
US to vet elected Iraqi rectors and deans The United States administration has banned Ba'ath Party members from key academic posts at Iraqi universities and is to vet elected rectors and deans for...
Former SAS train gap-year students to be safe Students planning gap-year travels are being trained by former members of the SAS at the behest of parents worried about terrorism, crime and the Sars...
Arsenic linked to madness of King George The madness of King George III could have been caused by arsenic poisoning, according to evidence discovered in the king's hair nearly two centuries after his...
Brussels, 26 May 2003 A workshop aimed at strengthening relations between universities and industry will take place on 30 June in Milan, Italy. Discussions will focus on successful technical transfer...
Brussels, 26 May 2003 Members of the French Senate's commission for economic affairs have unanimously adopted a report detailing the steps necessary to bring about a viable research and regulatory...
Brussels, 26 May 2003 2002 Nobel Prize Winner Kurt Wüthrich will speak at a Swiss science briefing in Brussels on 2 June on 'research at the cutting edge - experiences from working in Europe and in...
Brussels, 26 May 2003 The outgoing head of the Eureka secretariat has called for a reorganisation of the organisation in order to enhance industrial cooperation, thus contributing to the Barcelona...
Brussels, 26 May 2003 A one day briefing on the management of Integrated Projects will take place on 3 July in Brussels. The event aims to provide research and development (R&D) managers and...