Brussels, 18 Dec 2002 The 2002 European Innovation Scoreboard, published today by the European Commission, reveals that the EU's innovation performance is still lagging behind the US and Japan,...
Paris, 18 Dec 2002 INFO 10-2002. ESA's gamma-ray satellite, Integral, is fully operational. Today Integral's first ground-breaking images of the high-energy Universe were presented in Paris, France....
Brussels, 18 Dec 2002 UKISHELP is organising a free IST information day, which will take place in London on 11 February 2003. UKISHELP is a DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) funded service for...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has announced his intention to urge fellow Commissioners, in June 2003, to adopt a communication on the career of researchers in Europe...
Paris, 18 Dec 2002 Just after midnight an Ariane 4 soared into the sky above Kourou in French Guiana to place a new telecommunications satellite into orbit. This is the 113th successful Ariane 4...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2002 Erkki Liikanen, EU Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, has said that he believes there will be no boom in the third generation mobile market before 2008....
Brussels, 18 Dec 2002 Euresearch, the Swiss information network for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), is organising a series of thematic information days in Olten, Switzerland. The schedule for...
Brussels, 18 Dec 2002 The European Parliament adopted two resolutions on research and technological development on 17 December containing calls for further participation by women in EU research...
Disabled students fail to get benefits Disabled students do not receive all the benefits due to them, data published today imply. Just 1.4 per cent of students receive disability benefit, according...
One in four university students drops out Nearly a quarter of the students who enrol at universities and higher education colleges leave without taking a degree, statistics published yesterday showed...
Brussels, 17 December 2002 Calls for proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Integrating and strengthening the...
Brussels, 17 Dec 2002 The second world mycotoxin forum will be held from 17 to 18 February 2003 in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The purpose of the event is to create a meeting and networking...
Brussels, 17 Dec 2002 Full text of Document 15658/02 Delegations will find attached Presidency Notes concerning items 2 (Annex I), 3 (Annex II) and 4 (Annex III) in preparation for the meeting of the...
Brussels, 17 Dec 2002 The first calls for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will be published on 17 December. Three calls will be opened under the 'integrating the European Research Area [ERA]', '...
Brussels, 17 Dec 2002 A number of European researchers have declared their support for research into safe and effective human germ line genetic modification, saying that it does not violate human...