Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 More than 30 recommendations for increasing the commercial exploitation of science, engineering and technology (SET) results are contained in a draft report published by the UK...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The widely recognised Franco-German motor was given new impetus on 22 March, this time in the context of the European Research Area (ERA). A cooperation agreement between France...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 A team of British and French scientists from the Institut Curie in Paris and the London Institute of Cancer Research has found that 90 per cent of malignant melanoma cells...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The German company Bayer CropScience has scrapped plans to cultivate its genetically modified (GM) forage maize variety Chardon LL in the UK, citing government constraints for...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 A research centre dedicated to infectious diseases is set to open at Greifswald University in Northern Germany. The centre for functional genomics, which will open at the end of...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The European Commission has published the first call for proposals for projects and supporting activities in the scope of the Preparatory Action on 'The enhancement of the...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The 22nd triennial international nuclear physics conference will take place from June to 2 July in Gothenburg, Sweden. The mornings will consist of plenary sessions, while the...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The Commission has given prior information of a future call for tenders to provide a service contract aimed at identifying key issues in basic research. The contract is aimed at...
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Technological research and development (R&D), innovation and competitiveness in the European Research Area (ERA), organisational methods and tools, are some of the...
Rebel Labour MPs failed to halt the government's plans to introduce variable tuition fees this week as the political battle over the higher education bill moved to the House of Lords. Ministers saw...
Paris, 31 Mar 2004 ESA's Technology Transfer Programme is to supply state-of-the-art technologies to assist adventurer Bertrand Piccard's flight around the world in a single-pilot solar-powered...
Washington D.C., 31 Mar 2004 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will offer free training on its newest release of the sequence authoring software, PatentIn 3.3. The 2004 training...
Ministers see off rebels in bill triumph Labour rebels failed to muster enough support for an amendment to replace the government's plans for variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year with a fixed...
Genetic surgery in the womb moves closer British scientists are preparing to conduct genetic surgery on an unborn child. The team reported on Monday that it is the first to use gene transplants in...
New universities come to Clarke's rescue The government was thrown a lifeline last night when Britain's new universities made an eleventh-hour plea to Labour backbenchers to vote in favour of top-up...