Paris, 02 April 2002 The European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with UNESCO, is inviting the general public, educators and students to visit the European Space Research and Technology Centre (...
British students trapped in Israeli siege Up to 12 Sussex University students have been trapped by Israeli troops laying siege to the West Bank town of Ramallah, while 50 Israeli...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 The question of whether European science would benefit from the creation of a European Research Council (ERC) will be under discussion at a conference organised by the Danish...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 The long-awaited decision by European transport ministers to release funding for the development of Europe's own civil satellite navigation system, Galileo, has drawn a...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 The European Commission is in the process of preparing a recommendation identifying areas of the telecommunications sector where it believes regulatory obligations should be...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 CEN/ISSS has set up a new group to examine the standardization aspects of technologies for digital rights management (CEN/ISSS DRM Group), following the approval of the...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 Conference Pre-announcement C-ECOM Plenary Conference The purpose of the conference is to report on the success of the Cluster for Electronic Commerce (C-ECOM) project and to...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST - Secretariat. Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 European Commission sources have indicated that the EU Scientific steering committee will hold to its 'standing opinion' that BSE prions do not infect cattle muscle. This...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 A conference on the 'Substitution of hazardous chemicals in products and processes,' supported by the European Commission's Environment and Health and Consumer Protection DGs...
Brussels, 29 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST - Secretariat. Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a concerted European...
Public's expectation of science unrealistic The British public holds unrealistic and simplified expectations of science, a survey out today shows. The Mori poll for the new Science Media Centre at...
Brussels, 28 March 2002 PC (personal computer), Internet and mobile phone use continues to grow in Europe, according to figures released by the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, on the basis of...
Brussels, 28 March 2002 An EU-funded contest for young scientists. which aims to boost the European research area (ERA) by promoting cooperation and interchange among future generations of scientists...
Brussels, 28 March 2002 A team of researchers from Germany, the UK and Australia have found that climate change is already affecting the development of plants and animals. The scientists, who are...