It's a blessing to be born in the Garden of Eden
Ethiopia offers rich ground for exploring the origins of humanity, and a few home-grown experts return after studying in Europe and the US, says Geoff Watts Palaeontologist Berhane Asfaw places a...
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The bloody business of manly pursuits
An academic victim of a violent attack in interwar London haunts Matt Houlbrook's exploration of a lost era's shifting sexual identities. One night in August 1929, two lives met. Philip was American...
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EuropaBio Position Paper on the Proposal for a Community Regulatory Framework on Advanced Therapies (link)
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Contribution of the European biotechnology industry to the Proposal for a Community Regulatory Framework on Advanced Therapies of 4 May 2005, following the public consultation...
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ESO Very Large Telescopes study comet after impact
Paris, 06 Jul 2005 Through the night of 4 July 2005, all European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes observed the effects of the impact on Comet 9P/Tempel 1. At sunset in Chile, the seven...
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SOHO spacecraft sees two comets plunge into the Sun
Paris, 06 Jul 2005 As of 6 July 2005, 989 comets have been discovered, using the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which is expected to discover its 1000th comet this...
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Pan-European project assesses safety and value of CT scans
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Researchers from ten teams in seven EU countries are working together to assess the safety and efficacy of computed tomography (CT) scans. CT scanners use x-ray equipment to...
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R&D efforts highly concentrated in economic clusters and EU top regions
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 New figures on research and development (R&D) expenditure and personnel in the European regions from Eurostat show that R&D efforts are highly concentrated in...
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Commissioner Reding welcomes launch of NEM Technology Platform
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has welcomed the official launch of the European Technology Platform for networked and electronic media (NEM), which...
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European efforts on diagnostics quality assurance for communicable diseases
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 The European Network for Diagnostics of Imported Viral Diseases (ENIVD) has presented the results and conclusions of its external quality assurance activities (EQA) carried out...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 7 July
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 2511/05 1. Commission communication "Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009" ­ presentation and exchange of views...
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BioScience 2005, UK
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Organised by the Biochemical Society, the 'Bioscience 2005: From genes to systems' conference will take place in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 17 to 21 July. Over 1,500...
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IST 2005 - study on commercial exploitation of grid technologies
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 The European Commission's Information Society and Media DG has published a call for tenders entitled 'IST 2005 - study on commercial exploitation of grid technologies'. The...
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Latest research news
French and British launch neuroscience venture A group of British and French academics have signed an agreement with potentially far-reaching consequences for brain research. The academic entente...
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New Zealand food researchers assess opportunities for collaboration with EU
Brussels, 05 Jul 2005 In the forthcoming call for proposals under the 'food quality and safety' strand of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), New Zealand is expected to be specified as one of the...
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Commissioner Potocnik visits Cadarache ITER site
Brussels, 05 Jul 2005 European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik visited the site in France chosen to host the international fusion research facility ITER on 3 July. In the...