Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 There is a huge, unexplored universe out there, but astronomers are breaking with centuries of tradition and turning away from their telescopes and towards their computers in...
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 Many strains of bacteria are already resistant to commonly used antibiotics in Europe and around the world. Thanks to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), all antibiotics...
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Commission's Enterprise DG has published its work programme for the 'research and innovation' thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). This theme comes under...
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The European Commission has published a call for tenders to carry out a study on ways of improving complementarity and synergy between national and Community research in the...
Brussels, 3 March 2003 The Commission will inform the Council of the state of play regarding applications for authorisation of GM products. 18 applications for new product approvals have been...
Stanford announces 2004 salary freeze Stanford University, the latest US university to be hit by the plunging stock market, faces a projected $25 million (£15.7 million) deficit and...
Class gap target for universities is ditched Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has been forced to retract a specific pledge on closing the class gap in universities under pressure from Charles...
Brussels, 28 th February 2003 Preparation of the Spring European Council (FF/JT) The Council will endorse the Report of the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council. This report has...
Brussels, 28 Feb 2003 The first African trials of the European global navigation overlay service (EGNOS) took place on board flights into the Senegalese capital of Dakar between 24 and 26 February....
Brussels, 28 th February 2003 In anticipation of a full progress report to be presented at the forthcoming Competitiveness Council on 12/13 May, Commissioner Busquin will present the preliminary...
Brussels, 28 th February 2003 Mr Bolkestein will present the Commission's recently adopted proposal ( IP/03/144 and MEMO/03/20 ). The objectives of the proposal are to harmonise national laws on the...
Paris, 28 Feb 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to six-month postponements of the Soyuz flights by two members of its astronaut corps planned for April and October 2003. The agreement...
Paris, 28 Feb 2003 One year ago tonight, the largest and most sophisticated Earth observation satellite ever built blazed a fiery trail into the night skies above French Guiana and became another...
Brussels, 28 Feb 2003 The Council will be informed by the Commission on the resumption of authorisation procedures for new genetically modified (GM) food products (i.e. lifting of GMO moratorium in...
Brussels, 28 Feb 2003 Paternal genes can affect timing of birth and contribute to the risk of reoccurring 'prolonged pregnancies', suggests a recent study by Danish scientists. Annette Wind Olesen, a...