Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The European Commission has published the first call for proposals for projects and supporting activities in the scope of the Preparatory Action on 'The enhancement of the...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The 22nd triennial international nuclear physics conference will take place from June to 2 July in Gothenburg, Sweden. The mornings will consist of plenary sessions, while the...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The Commission has given prior information of a future call for tenders to provide a service contract aimed at identifying key issues in basic research. The contract is aimed at...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Technological research and development (R&D), innovation and competitiveness in the European Research Area (ERA), organisational methods and tools, are some of the...
Rebel Labour MPs failed to halt the government's plans to introduce variable tuition fees this week as the political battle over the higher education bill moved to the House of Lords. Ministers saw...
Paris, 31 Mar 2004 ESA's Technology Transfer Programme is to supply state-of-the-art technologies to assist adventurer Bertrand Piccard's flight around the world in a single-pilot solar-powered...
Washington D.C., 31 Mar 2004 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will offer free training on its newest release of the sequence authoring software, PatentIn 3.3. The 2004 training...
Ministers see off rebels in bill triumph Labour rebels failed to muster enough support for an amendment to replace the government's plans for variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year with a fixed...
Genetic surgery in the womb moves closer British scientists are preparing to conduct genetic surgery on an unborn child. The team reported on Monday that it is the first to use gene transplants in...
New universities come to Clarke's rescue The government was thrown a lifeline last night when Britain's new universities made an eleventh-hour plea to Labour backbenchers to vote in favour of top-up...
Brussels, 30 Mar 2004 Scientists working with the Mars Express mission have detected methane in the Red Planet's atmosphere, supporting two previous observations of the gas, and leading to...
Paris, 30 Mar 2004 During recent observations from the ESA Mars Express spacecraft in orbit around Mars, methane was detected in its atmosphere. Whilst it is too early to draw any conclusions on its...
Brussels, 30 Mar 2004 UK and Japanese scientists have obtained the first ever pictures of penguins interacting with one another underwater by strapping miniature cameras to the birds' backs....
Brussels, 30 Mar 2004 The second in the series of seminars 'Views on research and innovation', organised by the Swedish EU R&D (research and development) Council, will focus on gender-...
Brussels, 30 Mar 2004 The fifth International Symposium on Women's Health and the Menopause will be held in Florence, Italy, from 21 to 24 April. The event, organised by the Lorenzini Foundation,...