Brussels, 12 July 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is offering new descriptions of projects funded by the 'Quality of life' programme in the field...
Paris, 12 July 2002 A mission brought back from the edge, a world premiere in space, European engineers meeting the challenge of a launch malfunction: such are the results of Artemis's first,...
Paris, 12 July 2002 For centuries, alchemists searched for the Philosopher's Stone - said to turn base metals into gold and hold the secret of eternal life. However, alchemists did not have much...
Paris, 12 July 2002 A new generation of more sophisticated weather satellites that will produce more precise data in a shorter time than its predecessors is poised for its first launch. Meteosat...
Transport experts foresee grim future Twenty-eight transport professors are so concerned about Britain’s worsening problems on all modes of transport that they have joined forces to write to...
Brown's £12.5bn boost for education Chancellor Gordon Brown will today unveil his spending plans with education tipped for a £12.5 billion boost between 2003 and 2006. Mr Brown, who is due to start...
Brussels, 11 July 2002 A meeting to 'bridge the gap' between scientists and media professionals took place on July 9, 2002. It was organised by the European Commission under the auspices of the...
Brussels, 11 July 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will give a keynote presentation at a high-level conference in Brussels on 2 October 2002 to discuss priorities for construction research...
Brussels, 11 July 2002 A group of UK MPs (members of parliament) from several political parties, including the Government's Labour party, has reported back to the UK's House of Commons that science...
Brussels, 11 July 2002 Ministers from each of the EU Member States and the 78 members of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group will gather in Cape Town, South Africa on 26 to 30 July for the...
A council for the arts and humanities may be obliged to make damaging 'value' demands, write Geoffrey Channon and Kate Fullbrook Scholars and researchers in the arts have looked enviously for decades...
Popular support for the "war on terror" being led by the US and Britain is beginning to show signs of fraying. After ten months, people are catching on to the fact that traditional means of dealing...
Learned societies giving 'independent' advice have to acknowledge their prejudices, says Geoffrey Hammond The House of Commons science and technology committee's inquiry into the government-funded...
The high cost of university life throughout the world is pushing more students into term-time jobs. The THES reports on some enterprising ways to raise cash. One of the most bitterly contested "...
The high cost of university life throughout the world is pushing more students into term-time jobs. The THES reports on some enterprising ways to raise cash. Officially, business degree student...