Brussels, 16 Apr 2003 Full text of Document 8153/03 Suite of documents 8153/03 No. Cion prop.: 5355/03 EDUC 10 RECH 22 COM(2003) 58 final Subject: The role of the universities in the Europe of...
Quiz cheat lecturer quits The lecturer convicted of helping Charles Ingram to cheat to win the top prize on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has resigned from his job and will not now face a...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) has published a catalogue of it 103 young investigators, whom they believe to be among the best young researchers in Europe....
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 The European Commission organises the 1st Galileo Conference for an Enlarged Europe on 19, 20 May 2003 in Warsaw, Poland. This Conference aims at preparing the ground for the...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 An EU project is making ground in developing new communications technologies with a view to improving the European railway system. The integrated communication system for...
Lyon, April 10, 2003 BioSciences & Tomorrow's Industrial Sustainability Ensuring sustainable development is one of the main challenges of the modern era. Three weeks ago, at the Spring...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 The Research Directorate General has launched a mailbox for legal and financial questions concerning the implementation and management of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). By...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 An expert group on intellectual property rights (IPRs) has warned that rules governing the protection of copyrights, database rights and patents hamper scientific endeavour and...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 The UK has clarified its position on inventions involving human embryonic stem cells by outlining under what circumstances it would consider granting them a patent. In a...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 New legislation permitting cloning for therapeutic purposes and research using human in vitro embryos, was adopted by the Belgian parliament on 3 April. The legal text specifies...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 French and UK researchers have pooled their resources to create the world's largest library of genetic information from the study of wheat. After several years of work and...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2003 The Energy Foundation of Asturias (FAEN) is organising a biomass event entitled 'Generation of new activities for the economic benefit of the forestry sector: energy...
Closure looms for historic department King's College London is considering closing its world-famous chemistry department, where 50 years ago the foundations for the discovery of the structure of DNA...
Estelle Morris to lead fight over fees Former education secretary Estelle Morris is ready to lead a backbench fight against top-up fees and foundation hospitals. Ms Morris, who quit last October,...
Brussels, 14 Apr 2003 Asthma is dogging children's health in Europe, according to reports from last week's World Health Day. What is causing this threat? And what is being done about it? 'Shape the...