Brussels, 22 Apr 2003 An Italian research institute has succeeded in developing biodegradable polymers for use in the agriculture sector. The Italian national research council's Institute of...
Paris, 22 Apr 2003 ESA is challenging European design students to create products featuring new interior storage concepts by applying 'space methods' to life here on Earth. What any spacecraft most...
Contractor to manage digs for Reading students Jarvis, the facilities management and infrastructure services concern, is to provide further student rooms at Reading University. The group has been...
Scientists claim malaria advance British scientists claimed yesterday to have made a breakthrough in finding a permanent treatment for malaria. Scientists say they have identified in the parasite...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 Singleimage Ltd are organising a workshop on consortium agreements within the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), to take place on 12 June in Cambridge, UK. The workshop will focus...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The Belgian government's scientific and technical information service (STIS) has launched a new portal for research and innovation. 'Research.be' provides visitors with a...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) network has helped a UK based family business fulfil its dream of commercialising an innovative turbine engine that it had developed over 10...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The European Commission, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the three European standards organisations have agreed upon a new set of guidelines defining cooperation...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The European Commission is organising a conference entitled 'Governance of the European Research Area: the role of civil society', which will take place in Brussels on 12 and 13...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The Italian national research council (CNR), the agency for the promotion of European research (APRE), and the European Commission are organising an information day on the new...
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The chief scientist behind Europe's attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet has said that it is now a 'virtual certainty' that Rosetta's target will be Comet Churyumov-...
Paris, 18 Apr 2003 Altogether 120 entries from all over the globe have been received for the science fiction story-writing competition announced by ESA last November. The Clarke-Bradbury...
Middlesex wins enterprise award Middlesex University has today won the Queen's award for enterprise, in recognition of its recruiting a high number of overseas students. It boosted overseas student...
Poll claims voters saw off graduate tax Government documents have been released that show how voters helped persuade ministers to abandon plans to introduce a graduate tax because they could not...
Bradford has just paid consultants £20,000 for a survey to decide on the new name of the merged university and college of higher education. The three most popular options? Bradford University, the...