Brussels, 01 Dec 2004 A symposium on potentially disruptive technologies and their impact on space programmes will take place in Marseille, France, from 4 to 6 July 2005. The event will examine new...
Brussels, 01 Dec 2004 The European Commission has published the fourth call for proposals under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'information society technologies' (IST) programme. This is one of the...
Brussels, 01 Dec 2004 The European Commission has published a continuous submission call in the area of 'future and emerging technologies' under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'information society...
Green light for Scotland's research pooling plans Plans to bring together hundreds of researchers in Scotland in physics and chemistry "super departments" will be backed with £37 million of funding,...
London, 30 November 2004 The UK today unveiled a blueprint making clear how EU funding for scientific research could help boost business competitiveness, increase Europe's global share of world-class...
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 A draft decision to lift national bans on certain authorised genetically modified organisms currently in place in five EU Member States will pass on the Council of Ministers....
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 In its recent communication on the future of research policy in Europe, the European Commission outlined support for research infrastructures as one of the six pillars of its...
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 New research into the potential impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on environmental sustainability has concluded that they could have a positive or a...
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 The EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council welcomed the Commission's intention to draw up a European biomass action plan on 29 November, emphasising that it must...
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 A conference on advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy will take place in Washington DC in the US on 10 and 11 January. The event is a joint initiative between several EU...
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 An international conference organised under the auspices of UNESCO and entitled 'science law ethics: medical research - human rights: 60 years after the Second World War' will...
Brussels, 30 Nov 2004 The European Parliament has cancelled its call for tenders for scientific consultancy services for its Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) body. The...
Paris, 30 Nov 2004 The map is not the territory, runs the famous quote, but maps do represent an unparalleled tool for emergency management. Nobody knows this better than humanitarian organisations...
APU joins flight from chemistry Anglia Polytechnic University yesterday said it was withdrawing chemistry as an undergraduate course and “refocusing” its teaching towards forensic science, the 28th...
Small business links beat US Small businesses in the UK are twice as likely to collaborate with universities as their counterparts in the US, research by Cambridge University and MIT suggests. But US...