Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 Brussels, 23 January 2002 Whilst women make up more than 50% of all graduates in higher education in the European Union, they represent only 15% of researchers in industry....
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 Europe's one billion euro mission to land a spacecraft on the Wirtanen comet has been abandoned, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on 15 January. The project was thrown...
Paris, 15 Jan 2003 European scientists will be 'turning off' the effects of gravity during the STS-107 Space Shuttle research mission this month in order to gain a better understanding of processes...
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 A recently completed EU funded project has developed a series of tourist related electronic services. CRUMPET, creation of user-friendly mobile services personalised for tourism...
Brussels, 15 Jan 2003 An innovation policy study written for the Commission's Enterprise DG argues the case for a 'third generation innovation policy' that recognises the 'centrality of innovation to...
Landslide vote for Clinton in Oxford Bill Clinton has emerged as the overwhelming favourite among Oxford undergraduates to succeed the late Roy Jenkins as chancellor of the university. Despite his...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 The Commission has welcomed comments from the Greek Presidency suggesting that the EU should fund defence research projects, and has called for further debate on the issue....
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 The Informa life sciences group is hosting the 2003 InfoTechPharma conference in London from 10 to 13 February. The event is a unique world meeting for information technology...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Drought regions in southern Europe can now achieve healthy crop yields with less irrigation water thanks to irrigation scheduling programs recently developed by a EU funded...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Members of EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, met on 13 January 2003 with EU Commissioners for Environment, Agriculture and Health, Margot Wallström, Franz...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Biobiz is organising a series of training workshops throughout Europe to help scientists launch biotechnology start-ups. Biobiz is an initiative sponsored by Eurobiobiz and the...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 A seminal report on the impact of new information communication technologies (ICT) on scientific publishing puts the spotlight on a subject already facing serious challenges -...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Time is running out as the deadline for receiving nominations for M.I.T.'s Technology Review of the world's top 100 young innovators draws ever nearer. The 2003 edition of TR100...
Paris, 14 Jan 2003 Having considered the conclusions of the Review Board set up to advise on the launch of Rosetta, Arianespace and the European Space Agency have decided on a postponement. The...
Brussels, 14 Jan 2003 Drought regions in southern Europe can now achieve healthy crop yields with less irrigation water thanks to irrigation scheduling programs recently developed by a EU funded...