Brussels, 26 May 2004 Geel (B): A new European concept aiming at harmonisation and further improvement of quality, reliability and performance in chemical analysis was launched last October by three...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 The European Commission's Environment DG has published a call for tenders relating to the definition of risk assessment methodologies for the cumulative long term effects of...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 Full text of the agenda European Food Safety Authority -- EFSA
Brussels, 26 May 2004 A major reinsurance company has advised insurance companies that they may need to reconsider covering products manufactured using nanotechnology until more is known about any...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in Europe, responsible in 2002 for five million deaths. This means over 50 per cent of all deaths are a result of...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 The Swiss company Syngenta has announced its decision not to market its genetically modified (GM) sweetcorn, BT11, despite the recent authorisation of the product by the...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 A workshop on negotiating, managing and administering Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) and FP6 contracts will take place in Limerick, Ireland, on 28 May. The event will include...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for research into ethics under the science and activity area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). This call covers...
Brussels, 26 May 2004 The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for women and science under the science and society activity area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). This call...
Paris, 26 May 2004 Launched in October 1997, the ESA/NASA Cassini-Huygens mission is currently heading for Saturn. While ESA's Huygens probe will be the first ever to land on the surface of a moon in...
Paris, 26 May 2004 ESA's comet-chaser Rosetta, whose 10-year journey to its final target Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko started on 2 March, is well on its way. The first phase of commissioning is...
IVF baby born using sperm frozen in 1979 A baby born using sperm which was frozen for 21 years is believed to mark a world record in fertility treatment, British researchers said on Monday. The boy,...
Brussels, 25 May 2004 The library contains an overview of over 150 Integrated Projects (IPs) and Networks of Excellence (NoEs) listed by thematic priority. The What's New? section features projects...
Brussels, 25 May 2004 An official enquiry into the failure of the Beagle 2 Mars lander has found that 'there were programmatic and organisational reasons that led to a significantly higher risk of...
Brussels, 25 May 2004 An EU-NIS (Newly Independent States) partnering event in bio-informatics will take place in Novosibirsk, Russia, from 25 to 30 July. The purpose of the partnering event is to...