Brussels, 26 October 2004 The European Commission today authorised the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients derived from genetically modified maize line NK603 in accordance with the GM...
Brussels, Oct 2004 The president of the UK Royal Society, Lord May of Oxford, has called on his government to 'embed the acquisition of an understanding of scientific reasoning in the formal...
Brussels, Oct 2004 The 'Inneurotex' project, funded under the innovation and small and medium sized enterprises section of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) has created an online marketplace for...
Brussels, Oct 2004 A European Commission event on funding basic research in the life sciences will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 December. The aim of the conference is bring about a...
Brussels, Oct 2004 A conference on complex systems will take place in Turin, Italy, from 5 to 8 December. The event will bring together all the projects funded within the complex systems initiative...
Brussels, Oct 2004 A conference on 'Adapting for climate change- developing local strategies' will take place in London, the UK, on 2 December. The main conference topics will include: - the...
Paris, Oct 2004 Photos These pictures were created from a sequence of images acquired by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft's cameras on 25 October 2004, 38 hours before its closest approach...
Students excluded after university scam Several overseas students were excluded from Oxford Brookes University this week after an investigation by The Times Higher into the use of fake qualifications...
Gene wars only a few years away, say doctors Genetically targeted weapons capable of ethnic cleansing could become a reality within five years because the “window of opportunity” to tackle their...
Gene tests prove we are all the same under the skin The notion that skin colour can indicate physical or mental differences between groups of people has been demolished by analysis of the human...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 A new ERA-NET initiative has been launched in order to improve the quality and relevance of organic food and farming research in Europe. For many, organic production holds the...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has formulated a number of recommendations on astronomy that propose closer international collaboration on large...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 The Governor of the Bank of Italy, Antonio Fazio, has called for more investment in research and innovation, saying they are fundamental factors for stimulating the economy....
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 The member states of the United Nations (UN) have again failed to reach an agreement on the scope of a proposed ban on human cloning, with a final decision now appearing...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 It has never been easier to develop biological weapons, warns the British Medical Association (BMA) in a new report. The report, 'Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity II', calls...