Paris, 01 February 2002 ESA on the world stage - international agreements with Brazil, Poland and India The year has got off to a busy start in terms of international relations, with a number of key...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 Press conference - Release of the Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators 2003 17th March, 2003, Brussels, 11h00 - 12h00 The Third European Report on...
Liverpool's lung cancer rate is twice the national average. A new research centre will tackle the problem locally. Ross Davies reports. This summer, George Xinarianos, a research fellow on the...
Brussels, 21 May 2003 Preserving and protecting the Mediterranean and Black Seas might be a high priority for policy-makers and scientists, but it is imperative for Europe's citizens living around...
Brussels, 15 March 2002 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION Environmental technology for sustainable development Full Text EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000, the European Union...
The UKresearch establishment hobbles its scientists. We must set them free, says Stuart Lyons Britain's science is in a poor state. This is not because our scientists lack talent - they are among the...
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Europe's largest research body has £160m a year, 2,000 staff and big ambitions. Jennie Brookman writes Germany has created Europe's largest research body for information and communication technology...
Brussels, 02 Jul 2003 Paris conference brings Green Paper process to a close 1st July 2003 The results of the Space Green Paper consultation were presented in Paris on 23 and 24 June 2003. The joint...
Scottish universities and their spin-off companies can tap into a £900,000 scheme to help them bid for funds from the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Iain Gray, Scotland's minister...
The seven research councils will present themselves as one from now on, although there is no likelihood of merger, according to John Taylor, the research councils' director-general, writes Caroline...
An £800,000 science centre will be the keystone of the government's new strategy to encourage women to pursue careers in science. Its tasks will be to recognise and reward good employers, raise the...
May I be allowed a little carping amid the RAE euphoria ("A high five for British research", THES , December 14)? As an academic journal editor, I have played my part in facilitating the publication...
Paris, 29 May 2002 A 'Space Walk' at ILA2002 The chance to take a space walk drew thousands of visitors during the seven-day International Aerospace Exhibition ILA2002 in Berlin this month. 'The...
The research councils should be "capable of operating as a 'virtual single council'" whose boundaries are invisible to the people they work with. This is the message of the quinquennial review of the...