Paris, Jul 2004 Burning with a core heat approaching 800°C and spreading at up to 100 metres per minute, woodland blazes bring swift, destructive change to landscapes: the resulting devastation can...
Paris, Jul 2004 Schoolchildren in many countries face unacceptable risks of injury and loss of life due to the faulty design and construction of school buildings which collapse in the event of...
Jurassic Park UK to rescue dying species British scientists laid the foundation for their own Jurassic Park yesterday with the opening of the world’s first animal DNA bank. Tissue samples from...
Birmingham, 26 July 2004 Memorandum by the Office of Water Services (Ofwat) Summary 1. The Government has set a public service agreement (PSA) target of 95% for all sites of special scientific...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 2939/04 1. Commission communication "Towards a European strategy for nanotechnology" - Draft Council conclusions (doc. to follow) doc. 9621/04 RECH 101 2....
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation of the deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 Gearing up for future Framework Programmes, the Commission has set the wheels in motion for a comprehensive overview of EU research. The study, or Five-Year Assessment, will...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 The Chief Executive of Astra Zeneca, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, has warned European governments that unless the EU improves its business environment,...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 A database of metal cleaning processes is now up and running following the conclusion of the CLEANTOOL project, funded under the innovation section of the Fifth Framework...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 Three weeks after France approved stem cell research on human embryos for a limited test period, Japan has followed suit, with the Council for Science and Technology Policy...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, has added the profiles of 18 Euratom fission projects to its fully searchable Projects service for...
Paris, 26 Jul 2004 Yesterday, 25 July at 09:05 CEST (15:05 local time) the Chinese National Space Administration successfully launched Tan Ce 2, the second of the Double Star science satellites. This...
Paris, 26 Jul 2004 Now more than 100,000 kilometres away from Earth, ESA's Moon-bound spacecraft SMART-1 looked back at Earth and returned this planetary perspective of the Middle East and...
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 Following the European Commission's announcement of its intention to determine the conditions required for the optimum operation of the scientific publishing sector, the UK...
Graduate flood 'will lead to crisis over jobs' The massive expansion of universities is turning degrees into "lottery tickets" that offer graduates no guarantee of a good job, the Government has been...