Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Members of EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, met on 13 January 2003 with EU Commissioners for Environment, Agriculture and Health, Margot Wallström, Franz...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Biobiz is organising a series of training workshops throughout Europe to help scientists launch biotechnology start-ups. Biobiz is an initiative sponsored by Eurobiobiz and the...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 A seminal report on the impact of new information communication technologies (ICT) on scientific publishing puts the spotlight on a subject already facing serious challenges -...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Time is running out as the deadline for receiving nominations for M.I.T.'s Technology Review of the world's top 100 young innovators draws ever nearer. The 2003 edition of TR100...
Paris, 14 Jan 2003 Having considered the conclusions of the Review Board set up to advise on the launch of Rosetta, Arianespace and the European Space Agency have decided on a postponement. The...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Drought regions in southern Europe can now achieve healthy crop yields with less irrigation water thanks to irrigation scheduling programs recently developed by a EU funded...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Europe Unlimited is organising a biotech and finance forum in Munich, Germany, from 11 to 12 February, aimed at technology companies, venture capitalists and consultancies. The...
GM sugar beet trial hailed a success A trial crop of genetically modified sugar beet has benefited wildlife in the area, according to research published by the Royal Society today. The...
Brown funding fear may delay university reform Gordon Brown has intervened over plans for a new system of higher education funding, insisting that extra resources must be matched by far-reaching...
Comet mission that could save Earth European scientists are about to launch a £640 million unmanned spacecraft to intercept and land on a comet. Rosetta , named after the stone that provided the key...
Brussels, 13 Jan 2003 Seán Ã" NEACHTAIN (UEN, Connacht/Ulster) called for a world-wide ban on human cloning to be drawn up and implemented in the coming months. European Parliament Daily Notebook...
Weapons inspectors revisit Baghdad University UN weapons inspectors returned to Baghdad's University of Technology yesterday to visit two sites, while other teams went to the colleges of science at...
Mickey mouse course jibe angers students Higher education minister Margaret Hodge warned yesterday that the government's targets for extra university places must not be met by increasing the numbers...
Brussels, 10 Jan 2003 The European Union is to spend three million euro on initiatives to promote the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the developing world. In a...
Washington, 10 Jan 2003 Full text of the review The Andean Trade Preference Act and trade in biotechnology food products are the main topics covered in the current issue of the International Economic...