Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 The Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport is organising a conference on the topic of sustainable land management and vulnerable ecosystems in Ljubljana from 15 to...
Strasbourg, 12 Dec 2002 Yves PIÉTRASANTA (Greens/EFA, F) will be tabling a non-binding draft resolution recommending improvements to the EU's strategy on research and technological development. The...
Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 Approximately three minutes after take-off in Kourou, French Guiana on 11 December, Europe's Ariane 5 rocket exploded over the Atlantic. Data analysts are investigating the...
Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 The European Commission has published a communication outlining its quality criteria for websites offering health related information to citizens. The communication comes after...
Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 Spanish MEP and member of the Parliament's Committee on industry, external trade, research and energy, is to recommend the approval of a scientific and technological cooperation...
Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 The future and emerging technologies unit of the Commission's information society technologies (IST) programme is organising an information day on the Sixth Framework Programme...
Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 The second Gordon research conference (GRC) on CAG triplet repeat disorders will take place in Barga in Tuscany from 4 to 9 May 2003. The meeting will include talks that cover...
Strasbourg, 12 Dec 2002 Carlos WESTENDORP Y CABEZA (PES, E) will also be recommending the approval of an agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the EU and Ukraine. This...
Paris, 12 Dec 2002 During a press conference today in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall provided initial information on the failure of Flight 157. He also announced the...
Brussels, 12 Dec 2002 The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) has established and made available on the Internet its Web Site. ECVAM is part of the JRC's Institute for...
Copenhagen, 12 Dec 2002 1. The European Research Area: - follow-up to "Competitiveness" Council of 26 November = continuation of discussions in particular on the open method of coordination (...
Davies takes over at LSE Sir Howard Davies, the executive chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has been selected to head the London School of Economics at a time when universities are under...
UK science has got its best financial settlement since the 1960s but delays in revamping the dual-funding system could still cost some laboratories dear. The research councils are to get a major...
One in six students would switch from their first-choice university to a cheaper one if asked to pay top-up fees, according to a new poll. Early findings of the annual Student Living Survey, released...
The race to build the largest telescope in the world has galvanised astronomers on both sides of the Atlantic, writes Steve Farrar. Rival European teams have joined forces in a unified bid to create...