Today's news
Fiasco over top-up fees waiver Labour's policy on university top-up fees was in disarray last night, after officials could not explain how a scheme to waive the £3,000-a-year charge for poorer...
Search
-
-
Latest research news
Embryo brain shows sex signs early Genes drive the brains of male and female embryos apart as early as midway through gestation, a new study suggests. These gender differences were assumed to arise...
-
Proposals by Switzerland Regarding the Declaration of the Source of Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ and Traditional Knowledge in Patent Applications (link)
Geneva, 21 Oct 2003 [...] I. OVERVIEW 4. The present document contains proposals by Switzerland regarding the declaration of the source of genetic resources and knowledge, innovations and practices...
-
Claim that EU's use of "Galileo" for satellite navigation system infringes applicants' trade mark - Case Filing T-279/03: Galileo International Technology v Commission
Luxembourg, 18 October 2003 Action brought on 5 August 2003 by Galileo International Technology LLC and 13 Others against the Commission of the European Communities (Case T-9/03) Official Journal...
-
Co-operation in science and technology with Mexico (Extract from: Provisional minutes of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 20 Oct.)
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 (doc. 12945/03 + doc. 12946/03 )) The Council adopted a Decision approving the signature of an Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation with Mexico. The Agreement...
-
Framework Agreement with the European Space Agency (Extract from: Provisional minutes of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 20 Oct.)
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 (doc. 12858/03 ) The Council adopted a Decision on the signing of a framework Agreement between the European Community and the European Space Agency (ESA). This framework...
-
Upcoming Media Events Involving DG Research
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 Event: EU Science Week Type of event: Events around Europe Date: 3-9 November Place: Various European locations Contact: Michel Claessens Event: Ozone layer research (Theseo)...
-
Latest scientific advice confirms need for urgent action to safeguard fish stocks
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 The latest scientific data on European fish stocks, to be published by the international council for the exploration of the sea (ICES) on 24 October, will confirm the need for...
-
Academia Europaea requests revision of constitution text
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 Academia Europaea, an academy of individual scientists from across Europe, has issued a statement calling for a reference to basic science in the European Constitution,...
-
UNESCO adopts international declaration on human genetic data
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 At its general conference in Paris on 16 October, the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation (UNESCO) adopted the international declaration on human...
-
R&D investment increases companies' share prices, claims UK government
Brussels, 21 Oct 2003 Companies which invest heavily in research and development (R&D) do better on the stock market, the latest UK R&D scoreboard has found. The scoreboard examined...
-
Today's news
Fiasco over top-up fees waiver Labour's policy on university top-up fees was in disarray last night, after officials could not explain how a scheme to waive the £3,000-a-year charge for poorer...
-
Regulations 1829 and 1830/2003 on GM food and feed, and traceability and labelling of GMOs in food and feed (links)
Brussels, 20 October 2003 Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (OJ L268/1 18.10.2003). Full text [NB...
-
GALILEO: launching of the call for a concessionaire
Brussels, 20 October 2003 The GALILEO Joint Undertaking today published a call for tenders to launch the procedure for selecting the concessionaire for the European satellite navigation system....
-
Manufacturing technology action plan to counteract unenthusiastic response to FP6 call
Brussels, 20 Oct 2003 The European Commission is to publish a manufacturing technology action plan before the end of 2003. Committed to ensuring the competitiveness of Europe's manufacturing sector,...