Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 Today's debate by the College of Commissioners on the EU's regulatory approval process for products developed using agricultural biotechnology appeared to question the...
Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 During the late 1990s and in 2000, a number of Member States invoked Article 16 of Directive 90/220/EEC , the so-called 'safeguard clause'. This safeguard clause provides that,...
Geneva, 12 Apr 2006 ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL CASES OF BIOPIRACY The Case of Camu Camu (Myrciaria Dubia) INTRODUCTION In recent years, Peru has made it clear that the protection of its genetic resources...
Washington, D.C., 12 Apr 2006 Nations debating whether to harmonise national patent systems have turned their focus to developing country demands to include requirements that patent filers disclose...
Top science departments lure most commercial labs Top university departments are acting as honeypots to overseas firms setting up research and development labs, a study published today shows....
Are near-death experiences a dream? People who have had near-death experiences are more likely to mix up dreams and reality than those who have not, researchers say. At times of extreme danger or...
Paris, 11 Apr 2006 Europe scores new planetary success: Venus Express enters orbit around the Hothouse Planet This morning, at the end of a 153-day and 400-million km cruise into the inner Solar...
Brussels, 11 April 2006 Commission Decision of 10 April 2006 amending Decision 95/320/EC setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents (OJ L101/4 11.4.2006)....
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 Full text of Document 8328/06 Suite of documents 8328/06 8. Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Community with...
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 Full text of Document 7911/06 Suite of documents 7911/06 Subject: Decision of the Council and of the Commission on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and of the...
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 PROVISIONAL 2006/2004(INI) 10.4.2006 DRAFT OPINION of the Committee on Legal Affairs for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An...
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 A new report from researchers at the Catholic University of Leuven has recommended a strengthening of the generic pharmaceuticals market, which could reduce the costs for EU...
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 Any new technology brings both risks and benefits, and with them, public concern as well as demand. Scientists and policy-makers need to address public fears if they wish to...
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 The UK's Royal Society and France's Académie des Science, with support from Microsoft, have launched a new award recognising European scientists who have made a major...
Brussels, 11 Apr 2006 A forum on financing innovation and competitiveness will take place on 11 May in Marseilles, France. The event will have something for a variety of players. Innovative small and...