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...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Following today's vote in the Regulatory Committee on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, the draft decision to authorise the import and...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) believes that it fully fulfills its role of providing independent, authoritative advice on issues related to genetically modified...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Anxious that the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) project remains as international as possible, the Competitiveness Council has proposed a 'privileged...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Switzerland has become the first country in the world to ask its citizens whether scientists should be allowed to carry out research on the stem cells of human embryos. The...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 A workshop on 'the role of biotechnology for the characterisation and conservation of crop, forestry, animal and fishery genetic resources' will take place in Turin, Italy, from...
Brussels, 29 November 2004 Adapting diets to reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer’s or osteoporosis and more generally to improve health among the elderly are some of the possibilities revealed by EU...
Brussels, 29 November 2004 LIPIDIET: preventing Alzheimer’s disease through the diet Diet is already associated with the development of cardiovascular disease. Now the LIPIDIET research project...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 152/04 Suite of documents 152/04 Delegations find attached a list of research areas established by the Presidency on the basis of the Member States'...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 The 2004 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) confirms Sweden and Finland as the EU's innovative leaders, with Estonia and Slovenia leading the ten new Member States. This is...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 Decision to amend the negotiating directives The Council, with a view to concluding the international negotiations with the six partners1 on the site of ITER, decided...
The Hague, 26 Nov 2004 The Competitiveness Council of 26th November mandated the European Commission to do its utmost to finalize the negotiations between the six partners of ITER, the international...
Brussels, 26 November 2004 The first ever European “Space Council” was held today. This is a major political milestone for Europe in Space, offering ministers representing the European Union and/or...