Brussels, 08 May 2002 In reaching its common position, the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Development, a five-year scheme with planned funding of €17.5bn, Council took on board...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 The launch event for a pioneering pan-European interdisciplinary scientific conference, due to take place in 2004, will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on 17 May. The 2004 event...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 The G10 medicines group, established in March 2001 to look at ways of encouraging innovation and competitiveness in the EU pharmaceutical industry, presented its final report to...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 This document is being widely circulated in order to generate an open discussion on the provisions for supporting research infrastructures in the Specific Programme on...
Brussels, 8 May 2002 At a meeting in Granada on 7 May, the European Group on Life Sciences (EGLS), reporting to Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, set its agenda for the year to come. EGLS's...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 An opinion on the ethical conditions and limits of the patenting of human stem cells was presented to European Commission President Romano Prodi by the European group on ethics...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 Spain is continuing to promote the idea of a European research and innovation area as a way to address the gap between academic research and industrial innovation, Dr Arturo...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 A Fifth Framework programme (FP5) project designed to facilitate technology and know-how transfer within the European statistical system is holding a workshop on recent...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 The new eEurope 2005 action plan will have fewer and more focused priorities than its predecessor, the eEurope 2002 action plan, EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Information...
Brussels, 08 May 2002 The European Commission has published an updated version of its information leaflet on nanotechnology in the European research area (ERA). The leaflet outlines the many...
Brussels, 8 May 2002 Proposal for a Council Directive on the control of high activity sealed radioactive sources. Cover note. Brussels, 3 May 2002 (07.05) (document 8635/02 ATO 57). Full text...
Commons grilling for 'elitist' Royal Society The 340-year-old Royal Society was forced to defend itself during a 75-minute grilling by MPs yesterday. Royal Society president Lord May faced a barrage...
Nottingham wins in popularity stakes The coveted title of the most popular university in Britain this year goes Nottingham, in the second instalment of the Good University Guide. (The Times) York...
Brussels, 7 May 2002 Draft Council Conclusions on biotechnology. Report from Industry Working Party on 2 May 2002 to Permanent Representatives Committee. Brussels, 3 May 2002 (document 8396/02 ECO...
Brussels, 7 May 2002 The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) has presented to the President Prodi on Tuesday 7th May 2002 its opinion n°16 on the "Ethical aspects of...