Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 If the EU wants to compete with the US and Japan as a location for innovative pharmaceutical activity, it must streamline the regulatory process and offer faster market access...
A team of UK scientists is set to test a new vaccine that could represent a cure for type I diabetes, the most serious form of the condition which usually affects the under 40's. The new vaccine,...
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 Austria's Science Minister Elisabeth Gehrer presented grants to 11 women scientists under the Hertha-Firnberg scheme on 9 December, declaring that: 'We must support women so...
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 The Swedish secretariat for gender research, together with the Swedish EU R&D Council and the Nordic institute for women's studies (NIKK), is organising a seminar on...
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 An international conference on 'terminological methods in content development with special emphasis on semantic interoperability and standardization' (TKE 2005) will take place...
Brussels, 14 Dec 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and the United Mexican States...
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 Plans were announced today to create an annual funders' forum to promote better coordination of funding for research in the field of life sciences. Areas covered by such...
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 The top 500 EU companies investing in research and development (R&D) spent a combined 101 billion euro on research in 2003 - down on the total for 2002, and in contrast...
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 A new state of the art research facility to tackle hospital superbugs such as MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) has been opened at St Andrews University in...
Brussels, 13 Dec 2004 A networking day focusing on the fourth call for proposals under the information society technologies (IST) section of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in...
Ministers 'likely to miss' student targets Plans for a 'modest' expansion in undergraduate numbers over the next three years suggest the Government is likely to miss its target of getting half of all...
Google offers access to world's great libraries Google, the leading service for finding information on the internet, yesterday set out ambitious plans to become a catalogue and digital library for...
Brussels, 10 Dec 2004 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: Moving to the deployment and operational phase of the European satellite radionavigation programme...
Brussels, 10 December 2004 GALILEO will definitely become operational in 2008: a decisive stage has just been completed which will allow the GALILEO programme to be fully completed, despite the...
Brussels, 10 Dec 2004 1. Purpose of the consultation Europe is currently reviewing its policies and support mechanisms to better be able to promote competitiveness and innovation with the ultimate...