Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 Double Star, the joint space programme between China and Europe, has taken a step closer to its 2003 launch with testing of instruments at Imperial College, London. The mission...
Paris, 03 Dec 2002 The European Space Agency recently proposed to representatives of the world's major satellite Earth observation organizations a pair of initiatives to support the plan for...
Paris, 03 Dec 2002 ESA is offering industry the opportunity to use a van fully equipped to demonstrate the next generation of advanced mobile multimedia equipment and applications. The van can be...
Paris, 03 Dec 2002 Tomorrow's spacecraft will be capable of generating more data than they can transmit to Earth. In some cases, this could be more data than can even be comfortably handled by today'...
Geneva, 03 Dec 2002 Makerere University in Kampala (Uganda) has been chosen as the site of the first women-oriented facility established by the ITU Internet Training Centres Initiative for Developing...
Students march against top-ups Up to 20,000 UK students were demonstrating in London today because they do not want to live in a society where access to education is based on wealth, according to...
Cabinet rebellion over top-up fees grows A cabinet rebellion over Tony Blair's support for plans to introduce top-up fees for university students gathered force last night. Arch-loyalist Helen...
Rival joins race to clone first human The race to clone the first human appears to have intensified after claims that a second team is about to begin experiments to clone babies for seven infertile...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 The Council took note of a progress report from the Presidency on the proposal for a Directive aimed at setting quality and safety standards for the donation, procurement,...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 A European observatory for ethical issues in science is necessary because discussions and debates currently conducted at a national level are not having any impact at European...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 OREGIN, an industrial organisation of European global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) players, has written to Loyola de Palacio, Commission Vice-President responsible for...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 Finland's economy has been rated as the world's second most competitive after that of the US, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) global competitiveness report,...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 The representation of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) to the European Union is organising a platform event in Brussels to showcase the region's research in the field of optical...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 The European Commission's Research DG, together with ongoing thematic networks, is to guide and support the organisation of seminars in January aimed at addressing the main...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2002 EREC, the European Renewable Energy Council, is organising a conference on renewable energy sources for islands, tourism and water desalination in Crete, Greece on 26 to 28 May...