Brussels, 23 March 2004 Working Document on Genetic Data 17.03.2004 - WP 91 [...] V. CONCLUSIVE REMARKS Given the fast moving age of technological, scientific and economic developments in the field...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 The first Call for Proposals under the new 'Preparatory Action on the enhancement of the European industrial potential in the field of Security Research' (PASR 2004) will be...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 The European Commission has announced that it is to launch a call for proposals for projects and supporting activities under the Preparatory Action on 'The enhancement of...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 The European Commission has awarded 11.7 million euro over five years to a new Integrated Project that aims to identify novel approaches to preventing HIV-1 transmission. The...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 At a conference entitled 'Life sciences in society today: modern biology and visions of humanity', Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin highlighted the need to promote...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 Researchers from three Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany have developed a wireless armband that can monitor vital signs such as temperature, pulse, blood oxygen saturation and...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new service on security research. The creation of a Security Research Preparatory...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 The Italian Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) is organising a workshop on the financing opportunities offered by the European Commission. The workshop, which...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 The International Society of Neurochemistry is hosting a series of special neurochemistry events, the first of which will focus on 'Changes in neuronal gene expression and CNS...
Brussels, 23 Mar 2004 An international walnut symposium will take place in Naples, Italy, from 7 to 9 November. The event will address the biological aspects, propagation and plant defences of the...
Paris, 23 Mar 2004 After a three-year gap, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is again routinely assimilating data from an instrument aboard ERS-2 that 'sees' wind fields over the...
Paris, 23 Mar 2004 Fifteen years of fruitful cooperation in human spaceflight activities between Russia and the European Space Agency have set the stage for even closer cooperation. "Growing together...
Oxford revives tests to select brightest pupils The University of Oxford is moving to reintroduce entrance tests for history and English. The move comes just nine years after the university...
Brussels, 22 March 2004 On 22-23 March in Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004 a unique conference will bring together scientists and leading personalities from the arts, humanities and politics to...
Brussels, 22 Mar 2004 The European Group on Ethics (EGE) has adopted an Opinion questioning the legitimacy of commercial umbilical cord blood banks on account of the lack of scientific evidence...