Brussels, 30 Mar 2005 Europe needs to double the amount it spends on cancer research, concludes a new survey on the way cancer research is funded across the EU. The European Cancer Research Funding...
Brussels, 30 Mar 2005 The European Union and Japan have highlighted their common objectives in the field of climate change research, and have pledged to strengthen scientific cooperation in the near...
Brussels, 30 Mar 2005 A workshop on a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) and the INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) proposed directive will take place in Alghero,...
Paris, 30 Mar 2005 The 240-km-long River Arno winds its way seaward through the tranquil countryside of Umbria and Tuscany, but this tranquillity masks potential danger. There are more than 300 areas...
£2.5m announced to staunch flow from academic medicine A £2.5 million initiative to counter a steep decline in the number of young doctors taking up careers in research or teaching medicine was...
How the Boxing Day quake made new tremor inevitable The earthquake of magnitude 8.7 that struck off the coast of Sumatra on Monday fulfilled many of the worst fears of scientists, who predicted just...
Munich, 29 Mar 2005 Text of Decision T 0315/03 http:///legal.eu ropean-patent-office.org/ dg3/biblio/t030315ex1.htm 6 July 2004 85304490.7 Method for producing transgenic animals C12N 15/85 "Method...
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Brussels, 29 March 2005 The number of women in top positions in science is growing, but only slowly. At EU level, women only make up 14% of top academics, but constitute 44% of graduates in science...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 A Europe wide search for outstanding disease control experts has been launched. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), a new EU agency with the mission...
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Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 The European Commission's Research DG is organising a workshop entitled 'research training in nanosciences and nanotechnologies: current status and future needs' on 14 and 15...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 A team of Irish scientists from St James's Hospital and Trinity College in Dublin are developing a new drug that kills cancer cells without harming healthy ones. The researchers...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 Researchers in the UK have developed a new genetically modified 'golden rice' strain, which contains up to 23 times more beta-carotene than the original variety unveiled in 2000...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2005 The Danish region of western Jutland is hoping to become the home of Europe's first hydrogen powered train. Three towns in the region - Vemb, Lemvig and Thyborøn -...