The real X-factor
How were millions of Britons persuaded to vote for the UKIP in the European elections? It certainly wasn't thanks to a couple of minor celebrities, argues Alan Sked. The UK Independence Party's...
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Call for proposals: Interlaboratory testing for EMG (Enhancement of Microbial Growth) and GCMS (Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry)  Test for standardisation  Deadline 30.09.2004
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 Objectives: To perform a series of interlaboratory tests in order to fine tune the test procedures for Enhancement of Microbial Growth and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry...
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Germany finances optical research network
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is providing 10.5 million euro to a new project providing a test bed for intelligent applications in business and science....
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Planning and flexibility key to encouraging return to work for women scientists, finds survey
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 Not enough is being done to facilitate return to work in the science and technology sector following a career break, according to a UK survey. The survey was carried out by the...
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ESA dreams of human hibernation
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 The idea itself is not new: astronauts entering a state of hibernation while en route to distant locations in order to help reduce the psychological demands of such long...
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International conference on the food factory of the future
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 An international conference on the food factory of tomorrow, organised by SIK (Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology) and France's Laval Mayenne Technopole, will take...
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Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523 or M8)
Paris, 04 Aug 2004 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a pair of half a light-year long interstellar 'twisters', eerie twisted funnel structures, in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (M8...
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AmerHis, first switchboard in space to be launched
Paris, 04 Aug 2004 On the night of 4 to 5 August 2004, Hispasat's Amazonas satellite will be launched from the International Baïkonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will carry the AmerHis 'switchboard...
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Today's news
Oxford row girl home to study medicine Laura Spence, the comprehensive school student whose rejection by Oxford triggered a political storm over university "elitism", is returning to Britain to study...
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Latest research news
Nasa launches first mercury mission in three decades Nasa launched its first mission to the planet Mercury in a generation early on Tuesday, one that scientists hope will strip away much of the...
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Today's news
Tories attacked over student loan plan The Tories were accused yesterday of planning to penalise graduates on low earnings after a partial leak of their higher education policy suggested they would...
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EU research reconstructing human corneas will help more people to see
Brussels, 3 August 2004 European Union funded research to reconstruct the human cornea can revolutionise eye surgery and help reduce the number of tests carried out on animals to assess the effects...
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New EU project gives a boost to European nano-biotechnology
Brussels, 03 Aug 2004 A new EU-funded Integrated Project, with a total budget of 26 million euro has become the largest ever project to deal with nanotechnologies. It seeks to develop a new...
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International collaboration offers clues to origin of matter in the Universe - demonstrating a fundamental difference between matter and anti-matter
Brussels, 03 Aug 2004 Wherever you are, a quick glance around will be sufficient to confirm that the world in which we live is made up of nuclear matter - protons, neutrons and electrons. For some...
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Dutch Presidency cautions Belarus over closure of Minsk university
Brussels, 03 Aug 2004 The Dutch Presidency of the EU has released a statement testifying to its 'disapproval' and 'regret' over moves to close down the European Humanities University in Minsk,...