Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 A database of metal cleaning processes is now up and running following the conclusion of the CLEANTOOL project, funded under the innovation section of the Fifth Framework...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 Three weeks after France approved stem cell research on human embryos for a limited test period, Japan has followed suit, with the Council for Science and Technology Policy...
Brussels, 26 Jul 2004 CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, has added the profiles of 18 Euratom fission projects to its fully searchable Projects service for...
Paris, 26 Jul 2004 Yesterday, 25 July at 09:05 CEST (15:05 local time) the Chinese National Space Administration successfully launched Tan Ce 2, the second of the Double Star science satellites. This...
Paris, 26 Jul 2004 Now more than 100,000 kilometres away from Earth, ESA's Moon-bound spacecraft SMART-1 looked back at Earth and returned this planetary perspective of the Middle East and...
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 Following the European Commission's announcement of its intention to determine the conditions required for the optimum operation of the scientific publishing sector, the UK...
Graduate flood 'will lead to crisis over jobs' The massive expansion of universities is turning degrees into "lottery tickets" that offer graduates no guarantee of a good job, the Government has been...
Brussels, 23 July 2004 To improve mapping in Europe, the European Commission is launching the INSPIRE (INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in the European Union) initiative. A database with...
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 It is now possible to track the position and speed of each rider in the Tour de France in real-time thanks to the EGNOS European satellite positioning system, a preparatory...
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 The UK Met Office is this year celebrating its 150 years of weather forecasting. Created in 1854 to provide meteorological and sea current information to shipping, it is today one...
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 Space agency leaders from the United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada met today at the ESA Technical Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to discuss International...
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 At a space seminar at the Farnborough air show in the UK on 21 July, the UK Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, encouraged the international community to cooperate further to...
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 A conference entitled 'Frontiers in chemical biology: the chemical biology of cancer' will take place from 8 to 10 September in London, the UK. The conference will bring...
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 A training course on the fundamentals of international project management will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, on and 28 September. The course will address: - the environment...
Brussels, 23 Jul 2004 An international conference on 'chemistry and physics of multifunctional materials - from clever molecules to smart materials' will take place in Tomar, Portugal, from 11 to 16...