Brussels, 24 June 2002 Russian scientists are planning to march 100 kilometres to Moscow in a protest about the decline in Russian science. Around 150 scientists will cover the distance between a...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 Draft summary conclusions of the 283rd meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), held in Brussels on 24 May 2002. Note to CREST delegations. European...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 An information day on the new eTEN call for proposals will take place in Brussels on 4 July 2002. eTEN falls under the Community programme TEN-Telecom, which aims to promote...
Paris, 24 June 2002 Next week in Lille, France, representatives from ESA and European textile companies will meet to discuss how space technology can be used by the textile industry to improve our...
Children in Ulster learn to hate at 3 Children in Northern Ireland show signs of beginning to learn to hate those on the other side of the province's religious divide almost as soon as they can walk...
Lords told spending review will address academic pay Academic pay will be addressed by next month's spending review, a senior Labour peer has said. Lord Davies of Oldham, a government whip, told the...
Paris, 21 June 2002 About 25 years after the first Meteosat weather satellite, the first of the second generation (MSG-1) is to be launched in August. With sophisticated new instruments on board, MSG...
Brussels, 21 June 2002 A conference on the future of EU steel research following expiry of the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty on 26 July 2002. Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and...
Brussels, 21 June 2002 Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, storage,...
Brussels, 21 June 2002 Adult stem cells could provide the same benefits as embryonic stem cells according to new research carried out in the USA and published in the journal Nature . Injecting adult...
Brussels, 21 June 2002 Biomass will play a crucial roll in the achievement of a 100 per cent sustainable energy supply, the Dutch Minister for economic affairs, Anne-Marie Jorritsma-Lebbink said on...
Brussels, 21 June 2002 The Committee of the Regions is to host an exhibition on e-learning during its plenary session from 3 to 4 July. Presented in association with Cisco Systems, the interactive...
Paris, 21 June 2002 The spacecraft Stardust, which is on its way to meet the Comet Wild 2 in January 2004, last week helped ESA to carry out final testing of the Agency’s first deep-space ground...
Morris confirms tuition fees here to stay Education Secretary Estelle Morris has confirmed that tuition fees are here to stay. She told ITV: "If we want 50 per cent of our people under 30 to go to...
Hodge admits higher education is failing the poor Margaret Hodge has admitted that Labour's idea of widening access to higher education has failed, so leaving untouched the major cause of inequality...