Brussels, 2 February 2005 Most citizens of the European Union consider that the current economic and social situation in their country is bad. In particular, three out of four citizens say that the...
Brussels, 02 Feb 2005 Access to biological information is set to improve dramatically, following the creation of a Network of Excellence tasked with standardising the way in which such data is made...
Brussels, 02 Feb 2005 A new initiative aimed at fostering medical research ethics committees in Africa was launched in Paris on January. The 'networking for ethics on biomedical research in Africa' (...
Brussels, 02 Feb 2005 Germany may lose more jobs in research and development (R&D) industries, as the vast majority of companies do not plan to increase research spending at home before 2008...
Would-be lawyers flop in essay test Poor essay writing skills let down some of the brightest students in the country applying to study law. The first results of the new National Admissions Test for...
Taxpayer will help Oxford fund lab security The Government has agreed to underwrite the costs of protecting Oxford University's planned £18 million biomedical research facility from animal rights...
Kelly toes Cabinet line on stem-cell research Ruth Kelly yesterday put the doctrine of collective Cabinet responsibility ahead of the doctrines of Roman Catholicism by making plain that she will back...
Brussels, 1st February 2005 Transport research must focus on the challenges of the future, such as keeping people and products mobile, road safety, energy efficiency and increasing the...
Brussels, 01 Feb 2005 Senior officials from the European Commission will lead a workshop on developing closer collaboration between the EU and New Zealand in the field of nanotechnology at an...
Paris, 01 Feb 2005 From 12 to 20 February, world leaders, policy makers and space experts will gather in Brussels for a week packed with events organised with a view to the 3rd Earth Observation...
London, 01 Feb 2005 Government Response with Committee comment The Committee should be aware that the report was read and considered carefully and that the Government's response incorporated the...
Taxpayer will help Oxford fund lab security The Government has agreed to underwrite the costs of protecting Oxford University's planned £18 million biomedical research facility from animal rights...
Brussels, 31 Jan 2005 It is estimated that obesity and associated co-morbidities directly account for around five per cent of European health budgets, and although essentially a simple energy...
Brussels, 31 Jan 2005 Scientists in France, Italy and Switzerland have discovered a new concept of temperature which could help to explain how ice and snow particles flow the way they do during an...
Brussels, 31 Jan 2005 A team of researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Manchester has discovered how to make eye cells light receptive, opening the way to a potential cure for...