Paris, 16 Aug 2006 Now Europe too can say it has been to the Moon. Watch the Moon up close in the early morning of 3 September (at around 07:40 Central European Summer Time, as currently estimated)...
'Magic bullet' cancer team wins £2m grant boost Scientists from the universities of St Andrews and Dundee have won a £2 million research grant to develop a drug-delivery system which uses a "magic...
Graduate debt falls as students find work to support themselves Student debt has fallen for the first time in 13 years as undergraduates increasingly take on part-time jobs to fund their studies, a...
Brussels, 15 Aug 2006 In order to achieve a knowledge-intensive economy, we must rethink societal development and renew the frameworks put forward by the social and economic sciences. By redefining...
Paris, 15 Aug 2006 ESA's Planck space telescope was removed last week from the Large Space Simulator (LSS) at ESTEC, ESA's research and technology centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, after a...
Cost of gaining a degree reaches £33,500 Sixth formers starting university this year expect to pay £33,512 for a three-year degree course, a rise of almost £5,000 on last year's projected figure, a...
Brussels, 14 Aug 2006 The third international conference on gas turbine (GT) technology will take place 11 and 12 October in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will present future requirements,...
Brussels, 14 Aug 2006 The amount of digital data being produced across various disciplines is increasing at an exponential rate, but this information may not be around for future generations because...
Brussels, 14 Aug 2006 Psychologists from the University of Leicester in the UK are embarking on a study to investigate how analysing text messages could help to solve crimes. 'As texting is both a...
CBI in science warning over 'dire' school leavers The "dire" quality of school leavers was putting science-based industries at risk, the CBI said today. The business group spoke out ahead of the...
Washington, 11 Aug 2006 Introduction and Summary The American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on document WIPO/GRTK/IC/9/5 ("The Protection of Traditional Knowledge:...
Brussels, 11 Aug 2006 The first international symposium on ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technologies will be held in Munich, Germany, on 5 and 6 October 2006. The conference is intended to...
Brussels, 11 August 2006 Seminar on Satellite Navigation Regulated Application Brussels Marriott Hotel, 12th September 2006 Registration Agenda Announcement Practical information The Finnish...
Brussels, 11 Aug 2006 A report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) Directorate-General highlights a new process that could increase the recovery of European oil resources while...
Brussels, 11 Aug 2006 Scientists and vets have traced a cancer that affects dogs around the world back to a single wolf or dog who probably lived in central Asia over 250 years ago. They found that...