The EU Descartes Prize Finalists 2004
Brussels, 23 July 2004 To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Descartes Prize, on July 12th, the European Commission staged an event in Brussels, with former winners, the Grand Jury and other...
Brussels, 23 July 2004 To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Descartes Prize, on July 12th, the European Commission staged an event in Brussels, with former winners, the Grand Jury and other...
Leuven, Belgium, November 13, 2003 With the financial support of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Fortis Bank signed a EUR 46.8 million loan agreement with IMEC to finance the construction of a...
Leuven, Belgium, November 13, 2003 With the financial support of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Fortis Bank signed a EUR 46.8 million loan agreement with IMEC to finance the construction of a...
Natasha's Dance - Russia
Researchers are robbing the poor by keeping data out of the public domain, argues David Hulme Researchers from European and US universities are in effect stealing from the poor by holding on to data...
Discoveries - The Trial of the Cannibal Dog
Postcolonial Plays
Can we use evolution to our advantage in the fight against disease? Martin Ince speaks to Sir David Weatherall (pictured) about the potential of molecular medicine Evolution by natural selection is...
The government hasn't noticed, but access is expanding, and the case for fees is unsound, argues Tim Curtin As the period for consultation on the government's higher education white paper ends, two...
The Stories of English
Brussels, 30 Apr 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin presented on 29 April a new action plan containing a number of measures aimed at helping the EU to meet the three per cent target by...
The Tarim Mummies
As power is handed over in Iraq, academics assess the impact of US foreign policy at home and abroad. Whatever America's intentions in the Middle East, most of the Arab world views the superpower as...
Why do empires rise? Richard Drayton asks what motivates one nation to subordinate and impose its value system on others All empires are expressions of inequality hidden behind a mask of community....
The Age of Consent