Brussels, 15 September 2005 A conference in Brussels today examines Europe’s development towards a modern knowledge-based bio-economy, with contributions from industry representatives,...
Brussels, 15 September 2005 Prior to today’s conference on the knowledge-based bio-economy (see IP/05/1148 ), the Commission has already encouraged more structured and in-depth...
15/09/2005 Conference on Knowledge-based bio-economy Brussels, 15 September 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this conference hosted by the European Commission together...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 Full text of Document 12262/05 Suite of documents 12262/05 No Cion prop.: 10785/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the placing on the market, in accordance...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 MEPs from the all major political groups put forward their 'Hydrogen Manifesto' on 12 September, calling for a fundamental shift away from fossil fuel dependency and towards the...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 The European Space Agency (ESA) has asked an investigation board to carry out a technical examination of one of the scientific instruments on board Mars Express - the Planetary...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 A world conference on science and technology parks - 'Global innovation: the role of science and technology parks', will be held in Beijing, China, from 18 to 21 September....
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 An information day on the open fourth calls in 'aeronautics and space', 'sustainable energy systems' and 'sustainable surface transport' under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 The Commission's Information Society DG has published a call for tenders for a study on broadband Internet coverage in Europe. The study will support the i2010 initiative and...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 As a major EU Commission conference on the bioeconomy (1) opens today in Brussels, a brand new biobased economy portal is launched (www.bio-economy.net). The portal is full of...
Paris, 15 Sep 2005 ESA's new deep space radio antenna in Cebreros (Ávila, Spain) will be officially inaugurated on 28 September. The new 35-metre antenna is ESA's second facility devoted...
Paris, 15 Sep 2005 Two Hubble images from a sample of 20 nearby quasars The detection of a super-massive black hole without a massive 'host' galaxy is the surprising result from a large Hubble and...
University establishes an English outpost in China Rising from what was once a paddy field is a little piece of England. One year after breaking ground, Nottingham University will open the...
" The University of East London... tops a new league table of teaching quality, compiled by UEL itself " - Times Higher, September 9 From : the Vice-Chancellor Subject : League Tables As you will...
British universities are recruiting more students at home and abroad, and producing highly employable graduates. Their problem, according to this week's international comparisons by the OECD, is that...