Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The White Rose university consortium in the UK (universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York) is organising a two-day conference on ageing and quality of life in old age, to be...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for Specific Support Actions (SSAs) for associated candidate countries under the international cooperation thematic...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for Specific Support Actions (SSAs) for targeted countries under the international cooperation thematic priority of...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a call for proposals under the information society technologies (IST) thematic priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Proposals...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for future and emerging technologies (proactive initiatives) under the information society technologies (IST) thematic...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published the second joint call for proposals in the area of IST and nanotechnologies under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'information society...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a thematic call in the area of 'combating major diseases' under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'life sciences, genomics and biotechnology...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a thematic call for proposals under the 'life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' Priority of the Sixth Framework Programme....
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 The European Commission has published a call for proposals relating to an 'EC-NSF coordinated activity in computational materials research' under the Sixth Framework Programme's...
Paris, 16 Jun 2004 Did the Earth form with water locked into its rocks, which then gradually leaked out over millions of years? Or did the occasional impacting comet provide the Earth's oceans? The...
Paris, 16 Jun 2004 On 18 June, during a colloquium at UNESCO, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA), represented by its Director, Mr Sergio Camacho, will announce that the United...
Test predicts when menopause begins Scientists report today that they have worked out a way of establishing how many eggs women still have left by measuring the ovaries with an ultrasound scan. A...
Runner carries torch for diabetes cure A transplant of insulin-producing cells has enabled a 60-year-old diabetic running enthusiast to take up her hobby again in time to carry the Olympic torch...
More protection urged for animal researchers The Royal Society will today put pressure on the government to do more to protect researchers from intimidation by animal rights extremists. It...
Brussels, 15 June 2004 The Commission today launched a study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe, the results of which will be available in 2005....