Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 A new ERA-NET initiative has been launched in order to improve the quality and relevance of organic food and farming research in Europe. For many, organic production holds the...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has formulated a number of recommendations on astronomy that propose closer international collaboration on large...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 The Governor of the Bank of Italy, Antonio Fazio, has called for more investment in research and innovation, saying they are fundamental factors for stimulating the economy....
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 The member states of the United Nations (UN) have again failed to reach an agreement on the scope of a proposed ban on human cloning, with a final decision now appearing...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 It has never been easier to develop biological weapons, warns the British Medical Association (BMA) in a new report. The report, 'Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity II', calls...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 An international conference on 'nutrient management in the Danube and its impact on the Black sea' will be held in Vienna, Austria, on 16 December. The conference is part of the...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 A call for proposals for 'Entrepreneurial innovation: networking key players and users' has been launched by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)....
Paris, 26 Oct 2004 Purple haze around Titan Today the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft makes a fly-by of Saturn's largest moon Titan - the closest ever performed. At the time of the closest...
London, 26 Oct 2004 CONTENTS Terms of Reference Summary 1 Introduction 2 Background Key concepts and definitions International development and the UK Developing countries Millennium Development Goals...
Gene tests prove we are all the same under the skin The notion that skin colour can indicate physical or mental differences between groups of people has been demolished by analysis of the human...
Biological weapons pose biggest threat to world The threat posed to the world by biological weapons is now far greater than that from nuclear and chemical because of the "riotous" development in...
Brussels, 25 Oct 2004 Modern aircraft still suffer from systems that do not consume or distribute power efficiently, a problem that grows more acute with rising on-board operational and passenger...
Brussels, 25 Oct 2004 The outgoing President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, has described the EU's strategy to become the world's most competitive knowledge based economy by 2010 as 'a big...
Brussels, 25 Oct 2004 The UK's annual research and development (R&D) scoreboard shows that companies that invest in research benefit from higher sales growth and increased share price as a...
Brussels, 25 Oct 2004 The Commission has published a guidance note for participants in its research framework programme, providing performance indicators for the assessment of Networks of Excellence...