As Britain anticipates a possible withdrawal from Iraq, Huw Richards experiences a nagging sense of deja vu. "British casualties in Irak have practically ceased, and a really settled and stable civil...
Well-intentioned ignorance characterises British attitudes to foreign students, says Ayako Yoshino. About two years ago, while researching my PhD, I spent a few days at a provincial library. Every...
What has the EU done for us? Andrew Gamble counts the benefits. An imbroglio, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , is a state of confused entanglement. It seems an apt term for the European...
Liverpool's lung cancer rate is twice the national average. A new research centre will tackle the problem locally. Ross Davies reports. This summer, George Xinarianos, a research fellow on the...
Hawking rethink solves black holes riddle In an announcement that has sent waves of excitement through the rarefied world of astrophysics, New Scientist reports today that Stephen Hawking claims to...
Brussels, 14 July 2004 On 13 July, negotiations between the European Union and the State of Israel reached final approval and agreement on the European satellite radio navigation programme was signed...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 10996/04 Suite of documents 10996/04 Subject: Council Regulation amending and updating Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 1204/04 Suite of documents 1204/04 The meeting was chaired by Mr. MITSOS (European Commission, Director General for Research). 1. ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 As the fifth anniversary of the Descartes Prize approaches, the Commission is keen to raise the profile of its most prestigious award for collaborative research and place it on...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 The European Commission is providing 12 million euro under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) for a new project aimed at using genetically modified (GM) plants to grow vaccines...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 An international conference on genomics, entitled 'Genomics Momentum 2004 - genomics for our world', will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 30 August to 1 September...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Within the scope of the EuroScience Open Forum, a symposium entitled 'Spreading the word: who profits from scientific publications?' will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 26...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 On 18 June 2004 in Brussels, after extensive talks between leaders of the 25 EU Member States, a Constitution was agreed for the European Union, including specific references to...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Large-scale research funding is crucial to ease the transition from micro- to nanoelectronics, according to a report from leading industrial and research organisations....
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 Chemical and biotechnology sector organisations Cefic and EuropaBio launched a European Technology Platform on sustainable chemistry in Brussels on 7 July 2004. This focuses on...