Paris, 06 Aug 2003 Multiple sensors on ESA's Envisat environmental satellite have been used to peer beneath a vast pall of smoke above tropical Borneo and detect fire hotspots – known to add millions...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2003 The amount of galactic dust entering the solar system is three times higher than during the 1990s, according to a joint ESA/NASA experiment. Scientists believe that the Sun...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2003 In an interview for the CORDIS Greek Member State service, Mario Campolargo, Head of Unit for Research Infrastructures in the Commission's Information Society Directorate...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2003 Given recent achievements in genomic sequencing, and the potential benefits to society that such information offers, scientists and politicians alike are becoming more aware...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2003 The international forum on MicroNano integration, MINIT, will take place in Potsdam, Germany, on 3 and 4 December. The forum will address both micro- and nanotechnologies, with...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2003 The French agency for the environment and energy management (ADEME) is organising an information day on priority six of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), 'sustainable...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2003 An EU funded project has succeeded in developing a new potato sorting system which inflicts less damage than traditional systems on the potatoes passing through it. The DECOP...
Cambridge to extend rights to academic research Cambridge University will extend its rights to ownership of intellectual property generated by researchers under proposals published yesterday. If...
Brussels, 05 Aug 2003 A new service dedicated to 'science and society' in Europe has been launched by CORDIS, the Commission's research and development information service. While science and society...
Paris, 05 Aug 2003 This is clearly Europe's time for interplanetary exploration. Having sent the first European mission to Mars, ESA is about to launch its first probe to the Moon. It is called SMART...
Paris, 05 Aug 2003 Extreme sports adventurer Raphaëla Le Gouvello is about to windsurf 8000 km across the Pacific Ocean - from Peru to Tahiti in 80 days. Her board incorporates a new 'anti-capsize'...
Brussels, 05 Aug 2003 The ninth European nutrition conference will take place from 1 to 4 October in Rome, Italy. The conference will gather scientists from different regions in Europe, particularly...
Brussels, 05 Aug 2003 The 12th international symposium of radionuclides in nephrourology will take place from 16 to 19 May 2004 in La Baule, France. The conference will aim to assess the role of...
Brussels, 05 Aug 2003 Summary: The Response Centre of European Commission has been active over the last few days to rapidly co-ordinate assistance and support to Portugal and France in combating...
Brussels, 05 Aug 2003 Although some of the forest fires currently raging through Portugal and France are believed to have been started intentionally, the European Commission has developed a system...