Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) recently captured an unprecedented image of the planet Uranus. The image was obtained on 19 November 2002 by the...
Paris, 23 December 2002 The end of the final stage of the Artemis recovery is now in sight. Only 700 km orbital height and about 45 days now remain before Artemis will reach geostationary orbit....
Brussels, 03 Jan 2002 Full text of Document 7/02 DRAFT Memorandum of Understanding For the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST 285 "Modelling and Simulation...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2003 The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will be officially launched in Luxembourg at a conference on 29 January. The event will be hosted by Luxinnovation GIE, the national contact...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 The French Ministry for Research and New Technologies in association with ANVAR (Agence nationale de valorisation de la recherche) and the European Social Fund has launched the...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 Tech-Know Consultants are organising a workshop on the theme of research and training networks in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) in Brussels on 23 January. The event is...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2003 From spring 2003, Austrian schoolchildren will be able to obtain additional information from their school books via the Internet. Under the 'Schulbuchextra' initiative, schools...
Paris, 03 Jan 2003 Cooling is key in the Sahara Desert, especially when you're in the middle of it, trying to win a race. Cooling technology developed by ESA for space is helping one of the teams in...
Paris, 30 December 2002 A new navigation tool to help blind people find their way around city streets is soon to be tested under an ESA project. The hand-held device incorporates ESA's new satellite...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 An international group of scientists has mapped the longest human chromosome to date, chromosome 14, in its entirety, and published its findings online. The chromosome, the...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 A project consortium supported by funding of one million euro from the European Commission is aiming to revolutionise web-based mathematics in order to tackle wider issues such...
Hodge says white paper will be green in parts The government's higher education review paper, expected to be published in around ten days' time, will be "extremely radical" and "highly contentious in...
Clarke may scrap upfront tuition fees Compulsory upfront tuition fees appear to be on the way out after Charles Clarke, the education secretary, said yesterday that the new system of university...
Cloning researchers fear that sect's claims will sap support Scientists wasted little time deploring the announcement by a religious sect that it had created the first human clone. They say cloning...
Clinton heads Oxford chancellor wish list Bill Clinton, who has made no secret of his love for Oxford and whose daughter is a student there, may be asked to stand for chancellor of the university to...