Summary of Conclusions of the 5th meeting of the COST Strategy Issues Group (SIG) held in Thessaloniki on 7 - 8 May 2003 (link)
Brussels, 05 Jun 2003 Full text of Document 251/03 Suite of documents 251/03 Council Register
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New Soyuz TMA spacecraft cleared for next mission with ESA astronaut
Paris, 05 Jun 2003 The new Soyuz TMA spacecraft, which will carry ESA astronaut Pedro Duque to the ISS and back in October 2003, has been fully approved for operations. This was announced by Nikolai...
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Excellent response to first Priority 3 call
Brussels, 05 Jun 2003 There was a high response to stage one of the call for proposals for Priority 3, with a 17% success rate in the April 2003 evaluation. A workshop on 8 May clarified the main...
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Nanocoatings lighten environmental burden of mobility
Brussels, 05 Jun 2003 NANOMAG is developing corrosion-resistant nanocomposite coatings to replace hazardous chromium-based coating treatments for magnesium alloys applicable specifically to the needs...
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Microfluidic analysis offers low-cost solution for water quality monitoring
Brussels, 05 Jun 2003 The Commission-funded MicroChem initiative culminated in the successful demonstration of prototype miniaturised laboratory-on-a-chip systems suitable for rapid field testing of...
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More autonomy for blind people thanks to satellite navigation
Paris, 05 Jun 2003 When blind people take a taxi, they will be able to give directions to the taxi driver!" says Jose Luis Fernandez Coya. The man speaking really knows what he is talking about: he...
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Today's news
Lib Dem leader angers universities The Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy, sparked a row with university vice-chancellors yesterday after claiming that degree courses lack "intellectual rigour...
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Soaraway Sun sent away
Students at St John's College, Oxford, last week voted not to buy The Sun - and The Sun is livid about it. Dissenting students contacted the paper to complain about the decision not to buy it for the...
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Imperial's online decline
Imperial College London's web service for the personal use of its staff, students and alumni has gone belly up. Those who signed up for the all-singing, all-dancing groundbreaking web portal IC4Life...
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Quelling rumbles of rebellion
The prime minister of Kosovo, Bajram Rexhepi, has promised to appoint an inspection group to monitor standards in the kitchens of the University of Pristina after an outbreak of food poisoning. Some...
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UUK and Scop fire at 'simplistic and dictatorial' government
Higher education will be damaged by government plans to differentiate between research universities, teaching institutions and those who focus on other activities, say Universities UK and the...
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Virtual venue showcases early work by old masters
The hidden collections of Britain's art schools will be showcased next week with the launch of a permanent online exhibition. Fineart.ac.uk will display 200 works by former students, many of whom...
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Next week
Debt for art's sake Graduates splash out on degree shows From Arsenal to academe Former world-class footballer discusses the transition from the pitch to the classroom Beagle, barnacles and worms...
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Dundee's dope test
Mike Rennie of Dundee University's School of Life Sciences has won $175,000 (£107,000) from the World Anti-Doping Agency to develop a test to detect athletes who cheat by abusing testosterone....
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BioCity appoints chief
BioCity Nottingham, the UK's largest bioscience and healthcare innovation centre, appointed its first chief executive on Monday. Glenn Crocker, 39, joined from Ernst & Young, where he helped...