Brussels, 21 September 2005 The European Commission has today set out the details of its proposal for a new programme to fund research and development from 2007 to 2013. The Specific Programmes...
Brussels, 21 September 2005 70 million euros for the next 7 years of European Research. The amount proposed by the European Commission is a worthwhile investment in Europe’s future. Figures...
Brussels, 21 September 2005 The Co-operation Programme The Co-operation programme is designed to establish European leadership in key scientific and technological areas by supporting cooperation...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 Partners in the EU-funded IntelliDrug project have developed an innovative device for controlled drug delivery that is worn inside the mouth. The IntelliDrug project addresses...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 The work of an EU-funded Network of Excellence (NoE) is to form the basis of a new international standard, which will provide a framework for the definition of digital identity...
Moscow, 21 September 2005 At 13.00 on Wednesday, 21 September the waiting was finally over for more than 120 young scientists – 16 to 20 years old – from 35 countries gathered in...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 In the absence of a qualified majority, on 20 September ministers in the Agriculture Council were unable to reach a decision for or against the authorisation of genetically...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 The conference on 'The international dimension of the Europe Research Area (ERA) of knowledge: a common interest to Europe and the World' will take place in Brussels, Belgium,...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 The final conference of the WomEng project, 'Creating cultures of success for women engineers', will take place in Graz, Austria, from to 29 October. The conference will discuss...
Brussels, 21 Sep 2005 An international conference on 'Integrating regional intelligence' will take place in Cáceres, Spain, from 6 to 7 October. Organised in the framework of the...
New ratings will threaten unpopular courses A new university ratings system will force unpopular courses to improve or close as students vote with their feet, Bill Rammell, higher education minister...
Deadline: 15/12/2005
Human stem cells allow paralysed mice to walk Scientists have used injections of human stem cells to heal spinal injuries in paralysed mice, allowing them to walk normally again. The research, which...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 In the absence of a qualified majority in the Council, the Council was unable to act on the Commission's proposal on maize line 1507 (10785/05). A notification concerning the...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2005 A major EU-funded clinical engineering project has recently got underway that should see human tissue being grown from stem cells available for transplant in the next four years...