Brussels, 06 Nov 2002 The key factors behind the divide between Europe and a continent such as Africa is the lack of modern infrastructure, inefficient and weak regulations, and the lack of local...
Brussels, 06 Nov 2002 When considering the future of information technology, few would imagine a world without computers, yet this was the vision of one of the panel members at a discussion on the...
Brussels, 06 Nov 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin was given a tour of three mobile, EU funded science exhibitions currently on display in Brussels on 5 November. It is no coincidence...
Paris, 06 Nov 2002 Writing in tomorrow's issue of Nature magazine, a team of European and Indonesian scientists detail their use of ESA and NASA satellite imagery to help measure huge amounts of...
Paris, 06 Nov 2002 A fraction of a second after the Big Bang, all the primordial soup of matter in the Universe was 'broken' into its most fundamental constituents. It was thought to have disappeared...
Paris, 06 Nov 2002 Yesterday, ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) gave the final go-ahead for the Venus Express mission. The SPC, which met on 4 and 5 November 2002, unanimously confirmed its...
Brussels, 06 Nov 2002 Indian scientists have accused European scientists of violating India's guidelines on removing biological material for research from the country. A joint UK/German study...
Oxford University plugs for green energy Oxford University is to become the biggest 100 per cent buyer of "green" elecricity in the UK and the third largest in Europe. A consortium of the colleges...
Blair hints at delay to top-up fees Prime minister Tony Blair appeared to throw a lifeline to millions of middle-class families yesterday with a hint that top-up fees for university tuition may be...
Brussels, 5 November 2002 As part of the "European Science and Technology Week" (4-10 November 2002) €2,7 million campaign, EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin today opened the SMART ("Society...
Brussels, 05 Nov 2002 FINAL A5-0359/2002 23 October 2002 REPORT on the Commission communication on Life sciences and biotechnology - A Strategy for Europe Full text [...] What is the action plan? The...
Copenhagen, 05 Nov 2002 Many eyebrows were raised when the Danish EU Presidency for the European research network EUREKA informed participants at the three-day conference in Odense on 28 October that...
Brussels, 05 Nov 2002 European Commissioners Erkki Liikanen and Philippe Busquin used their opening addresses to the IST 2002 conference to call for changes in the use and research of information and...
Brussels, 05 Nov 2002 Helge Sander, the Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, and Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, have described this year's...
Brussels, 05 Nov 2002 Full text of Document 13680/02 31 October 2002 OUTCOME OF PROCEEDINGS from: General Secretariat to: Delegations No. prev. doc: 133/02 ENV 589 MI 212 WTO 138 ONU 74 AGRI 252...