Big Brother's big chill on campus
With the Pentagon branding peaceful student protests potential threats to national security, Stephen Phillips asks if America's war on terror is leading to more surveillance of university activities...
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Biotech Crops: Safe, Effective and Unfairly Blocked By EU, says USTR, EU Moratorium on Biotechnology Not Based on Science
Washington D.C., 25 Jan 2006 Since the late 1990's, the EU has pursued policies that undermine the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. Beginning in October 1998, the EU adopted a...
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Call for expressions of interest in membership of EFSA's scientific bodies extended until 17 February (OJ link)
Brussels, 25 January 2006 Call for expressions of interest in membership of the Scientific Committee and scientific panels of the European Food Safety Authority (Deadline for expression of interest...
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Commission to take part in International Forum for new generation of nuclear research
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Science and Research has signed the letter of accession of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) to the Generation IV...
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Agenda of the Working Party "Transport  Intermodal Questions and Networks", 30 January 2006
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 267/06 1. GALILEO - Participation of third countries in the GNSS Supervisory Authority - Examination of draft Council conclusions = Doc. 5538/06 TRANS 19...
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Presidency List of topics on which there could be open debates at meetings of the Council
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 5363/1/06 Revision 01 Suite of documents 5363/1/06 - List of topics on which there could be open debates at meetings of the Council (Article 8 para 3 of...
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Children who use computers perform better, says OECD
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published research compiled from its 30 member countries, including within the EU, suggesting that children...
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Animal testing targeted in action plan on animal welfare
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 The European Commission has adopted an action plan on improving animal welfare, which includes a section on promoting alternative approaches to animal testing. EU Health and...
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COST workshop 'Food and health: the way forward', Brussels
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 COST, the intergovernmental programme for European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research, is organising a strategic workshop on 'Food and health: the way...
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Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 ALOS, Japan's latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental data and imagery from ALOS will be provided...
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Discovery of new planet similar to Earth
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet more similar to Earth than any found to date. This groundbreaking discovery of a new extra solar planet, or exoplanet...
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Today's news
Payout for part-time lecturer sets precedent, union claims The lecturers' union Natfhe today claimed victory for part-time lecturers after the settlement of a three-year battle with Leeds...
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Latest research news
Brown opens disease research unit Chancellor Gordon Brown has opened a pioneering research unit which aims to tackle some of the world's most neglected diseases. The £13 million Drug Discovery Unit...
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Stakeholders debate pros, cons, mission and structure of a European Institute of Technology
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 'The European Institute of Technology [EIT] is supposed to be a mantra for achieving the Lisbon goals,' said German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, opening a seminar assessing the...
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First stage of fusion reactor complete
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 The Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) has received its first parts for the Wendelstein 7-X plasma chamber fusion reactor. The 35-ton device is constructed from...