Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Participants in an EU funded project believe that it may be possible to implant artificial tendons made from spider webs into injured humans within five years. 'One of the major...
Washington D.C., 11 Feb 2003 Eligibility for .edu Internet addresses will be expanded to include more postsecondary institutions than are currently eligible, EDUCAUSE and the U.S. Department of...
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Madrid is to host the tenth world congress and exhibition on intelligent transport systems (ITS) and services from 16 to 20 November 2003. The event aims to promote awareness...
Floud warns MPs funding crisis will continue Funding per university student is set to fall over the next few years, despite the government's promise to pump billions of extra pounds into the higher...
Three-way fight for Oxford chancellorship The contest to be the next chancellor of Oxford University turned into a three-way fight yesterday. Lord Neill of Bladen, QC, the former chairman of the...
Orbiting debris may have brought down Columbia Nasa engineers examining the break-up of the space shuttle Columbia think a possible cause may have been the clutter of human debris in space. US air...
Brussels, 10 Feb 2003 A workshop focusing on 'marketing scientific results and services' will take place in Brussels on 25 March. The event will give an insight into how marketing principles can be...
Munich, 10 Feb 2003 Oral proceedings for DuPont patent due to start in Munich on 12 February Wednesday, 12 February sees the start of oral proceedings at the European Patent Office (EPO) in the...
Brussels, 10 Feb 2003 A new information society telecommunications (IST) project is expected to have a significant impact on the formation of the European Union's enlargement policy in first part of...
Brussels, 10 Feb 2003 Brussels is to host a workshop on a joint call concerning Priority 2, 'Information society technologies', and Priority 3 'nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based...
Brussels, 10 Feb 2003 Venice is to host an international workshop on 14 February on the subject 'The European Regions as main actors in EU projects in the field of public health and biomedical...
Law lord runs for Oxford chancellorship Lord Bingham, the country's most senior law lord, today put his name forward for cChancellor of Oxford University and immediately declared his support of top-...
Universities to levy fees before access deal All Britain's top universities are expected to get the go-ahead to levy variable fees from 2006, it emerged last night, despite the government's...
Brussels, 07 Feb 2003 A new Internet service to showcase innovative French technologies has been launched by the French scientific innovation and transfer company (FIST). FIST is an affiliate of the...
Brussels, 07 Feb 2003 The European Commission is organising three topical information meetings on different NUTECH topics under the EURATOM programme of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Details...