Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 COPRAS: The Link between Research and Standards - new Brochure COPRAS in a Nutshell COPRAS is a 3-year Specific Support Action under the European Union's Information Society...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 'Until now, people have communicated by speech or signs, but the conversion has been done in the human brain. Now we want to do it in a machine,' This is how the coordinator of...
Under-40s bemoan spoon-fed students Today's students need much more spoon-feeding than previous generations of undergraduates, the first-ever survey of the country's young academics, conducted for...
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has published a call for tenders for the preparation of the Industrial R&D (research and development) Investment...
Paris, 15 Sep 2004 More than 200 experts from 25 countries meet next week to discuss small satellites and what can be achieved with them, at the ESA/CNES Small Satellite Systems and Services...
Paris, 15 Sep 2004 The first Meteosat Second Generation meteorological satellite is today in operational service as Meteosat-8. The data it streams down from 36000 km over Africa's Gulf of Guinea...
Deadline: 15/10/2004
The right formula Skills shortages and the Government's determination to encourage cutting-edge science are exerting a major influence on how the UK's £1.3 billion research funding is spent. Any...
Britain slips down education league table The proportion of youngsters who drop out of the British education system is one of the highest in the developed world, according to an international study...
Geneva, 14 Sep 2004 Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10.00 – 10.10 Introduction His Excellency Mr. Bernard Kessedjian, Ambassador of France to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Chair of the General...
Brussels, 14 Sep 2004 Many of the most serious diseases currently affecting society, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, are the result of proteins that have folded...
Brussels, 14 Sep 2004 Germany's Ethics Council announced on 13 September that it will continue to oppose the cloning of human embryos for research despite calls for the lifting of the moratorium. The...
Brussels, 14 Sep 2004 A conference on 'advanced technologies in crime prevention and detection' will take place on 3 and 4 November in London, the UK. The event will demonstrate technologies across...
Brussels, 14 Sep 2004 The European Commission has published three calls for proposals under the Marie Curie activity of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The calls relate to the following areas...
Radical shake-up in A-level entry to college Pupils will not apply to university until they have received their A-level results under plans announced yesterday by Charles Clarke, the Education...