Update: 13:00
Scottish exam fiasco to be cleard up in 24 hours The latest Scottish exam results fiasco is expected to be cleared up within the next 24 hours, Scotland's education minister claimed today. Cathy...
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U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Critical Technology Assessment of Biotechnology in U.S. Industry
Washington D.C., 13 August 2002 The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that it has launched a Critical Technology Assessment of Biotechnology in U.S. Industry. The assessment, to be based on...
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European leaders need to focus on water problems at Johannesburg summit
Brussels, 13 August 2002 As parts of Europe suffers its worst floods in decades, European leaders heading for this month's Earth Summit in South Africa will be urged to help developing countries...
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New proposed restrictions on researchers' IP rights at Cambridge university
Brussels, 13 August 2002 The decision by the UK's Cambridge university to place restrictions on its researchers' intellectual property rights may set a precedent which affects the researchers' work...
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Latest research news
Ten numbers that can trace your family tree An Oxford University spin-off company is to launch a service that will enable the public to trace their ancestors by typing DNA code into the...
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Today's news
Minister defends exam standards Critics of rising A-level pass rates are today branded elitist and incoherent in the first signs of a government fightback on standards ahead of record-breaking...
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Determination of the deforestation rates of the world's humid tropical forests
Ispra, Italy, 9 August 2002 Reliable data on the change in forest cover for the humid tropics help reduce the uncertainty in the calculation of carbon fluxes to and from the atmosphere, which is...
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European scientists achieve Muscular dystrophy gene breakthrough
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Italian scientists in collaboration with US scientists have discovered the genetic cause of one of the most common types of muscular dystrophy. Facioscapulohumeral muscular...
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MSG - More than just the weather
Paris, 12 August 2002 Some 36,000 kilometres above the coast of West Africa, a new satellite will soon take up a geo-stationary orbit, and train its powerful imager on the continents below. This is...
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European partners help create Pakistan's Virtual University
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Academic institutions in the UK and Denmark are collaborating with Pakistani counterparts under the ASIA IT&C scheme to help create the Pakistan Virtual University (...
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New solution to Earth bound asteroids?
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Following recent media stories analysing the possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2019, a Spanish company has revealed that it is working with the European space...
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Update: 12:25
Scottish exam pass rate drops by 2% An inquiry was under way today after it emerged that the number of youngsters passing exams in Scotland has fallen this year. Today's publication of the Higher...
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Marine industry set to create European maritime research area
Brussels, 09 August 2002 A Thematic network formed under the EU's Fifth Framework programme (FP5) is being used to identify medium and long term research needs and ultimately initiate the creation of...
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New research shows benefit of nature conservation over development
Brussels, 09 August 2002 Maintaining wild places as natural environments brings higher financial gains than developing them, according to new research carried out by UK and US researchers. The...
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Single source of information for the details of national e-commerce legislation
Brussels, 09 August 2002 Information on national e-commerce legislation in the 15 EU Member States has been made available at a single location free of charge through a project supported by the...