Paris, 25 Jan 2006 ALOS, Japan's latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental data and imagery from ALOS will be provided...
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet more similar to Earth than any found to date. This groundbreaking discovery of a new extra solar planet, or exoplanet...
Payout for part-time lecturer sets precedent, union claims The lecturers' union Natfhe today claimed victory for part-time lecturers after the settlement of a three-year battle with Leeds...
Brown opens disease research unit Chancellor Gordon Brown has opened a pioneering research unit which aims to tackle some of the world's most neglected diseases. The £13 million Drug Discovery Unit...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 'The European Institute of Technology [EIT] is supposed to be a mantra for achieving the Lisbon goals,' said German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, opening a seminar assessing the...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 The Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) has received its first parts for the Wendelstein 7-X plasma chamber fusion reactor. The 35-ton device is constructed from...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 A course introducing the new aspects of the forthcoming Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, on 8 March. The course is intended to assist...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 With the internet and developments in information technology come great opportunities to interact and transact. But what happens when on-line parties are less than happy about...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 According to Wikipedia, the first large-scale application of computer simulation was during the US-led Manhattan Project in the 1940s, when it was used to model the process of...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 The Meeting of Minds project made its report to the European Parliament on 23 January. This unique project brought together 126 people speaking eight different languages from...
Brussels, 24 January 2006 Provisional version of 03rd Council Meeting - Agriculture and Fisheries, Brussels, 23 January 2006 The Council adopted a common position on a proposal for a Directive...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 266/06 1. Joint Research Centre: EC specific programme ­ examination of Articles and Annex doc. 1/05 RECH 176 COMPET 192 2. Joint Research Centre:...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 4/06 Subject: Updated Convergence Programme 2005 of the Republic of Estonia 1. (poss) Outstanding issues arising from Vienna meeting held on January. 2....
Fees threaten basic courses, says government research University top-up fees threaten to undermine key courses in science, languages and engineering, government research has warned. Many degree...
Paris, 23 January 2006 Hydrogen Production and Storage - R&D Priorities and Gaps This paper offers an overview of the technologies for hydrogen production. The technologies discussed are...