Brussels, 26 Sep 2003 A European Research Council (ERC) should be created, and should manage a fund for basic research financed with EU money, an interim report by an expert group has concluded. The...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2003 The Commission is funding an international research initiative aimed at finding out whether the use of mobile phones has any adverse effect on the hearing of European citizens....
Brussels, 26 Sep 2003 Scientists in the Netherlands believe they have found a way to overcome the problems of low brightness and slow pixels in electronic paper (e-paper), a breakthrough that could...
Brussels, 26 September 2003 Whether your interest lies in high-fidelity loudspeakers based on plasma technology, a 40-euro scanning tunnelling microscope with applications in nanotechnology, or using...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2003 The Commission's Research DG has published a call for tenders related to an assessment of the impact of actions carried out under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), as part of...
Paris, 26 Sep 2003 Sunday's latest racing victory at Nogaro, France, underlined a triumphant season for Pescarolo's team and their new prototype car - improved with European space developed materials...
Paris, 26 Sep 2003 The European Space Agency is to declare the "Zentrum für Angewandte Raumfahrt Microgravitation" ZARM Drop Tower in Bremen an ESA External Facility. This prestigious title will be...
Paris, 26 Sep 2003 The latest ESA Earth Observation data show that reports of the demise of the ozone hole appearing annually above Antarctica have been greatly exaggerated. The ozone hole is...
Ecologists have been accused of allowing emotions and aesthetics to colour warnings about the environmental threat posed by non-native species. The scholar at the centre of the dispute said he had...
Oxford's newest college has become mired in financial controversy with a question mark hanging over the size of its endowment and even its name. Serious questions have been raised about the college's...
Steven Schwartz's media profile has rocketed since he became head of the government task force on fair university admissions, which produced its initial discussion document this week, writes Alison...
The government has appointed the following to the six research councils. • Biotechnology and Biological Research Council: David Brightman , chair, Arable Research Institute Association, and of the...
Enhanced four-year degrees designed to take undergraduates to the "cutting edge" of disciplines such as engineering, chemistry and physics may be left out in the cold by the Bologna process despite...
Cary Cooper, media pundit and one of the most high-profile academics at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, is leaving after 29 years, citing the institute's merger with...
The prospect of a winter of discontent in universities loomed large this week as lecturers' union Natfhe joined the Association of University Teachers in rejecting the national pay offer as "...