Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 The European Group on Life Sciences (EGLS) is seeing changes since it began advising the Commission, Professor Derek Burke, a member of the group has told CORDIS News. The '...
Paris, 31 Jan 2003 Today, about 90 percent of the hardware for Jules Verne, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spaceship that is to fly towards the International Space Station (ISS) in...
Paris, 31 Jan 2003 Artemis has finally reached geostationary orbit, some 36,000 km above the Earth, at 21.5°E. This announcement would, if all had gone to plan, been made just a few days after lift-...
Brussels, 31 January 2003 The challenge we are now facing is to make sure that present and future discoveries will be accessible to those who need them most, particularly the poor. It is our...
Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 Professor Louise Fresco, an expert panellist at a conference on sustainable agriculture for developing countries in Brussels, exposed the growing gap between the promise and the...
Paris, 31 Jan 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA) has joined forces with a team led by SES Astra (Lux) on a SATMODE development contract totalling EUR 49 million. SATMODE is a satellite return link...
Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 Full text Tissue engineering is a new and rapidly developing technology that intends to produce viable substitutes that restore, maintain or improve the function of human...
Brussels, 31 Jan 2003 Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin said that Europe has a strong moral obligation towards the people of developing countries to help combat poverty and disease, as he...
Taxpayers may foot EU students' fees bill Thousands of students from the European Union may be able to study free in Britain because the government has not worked out how to make them repay tuition...
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 A FP6 topical information meeting on geological disposal is taking place in Brussels on March 12. The event will inform members of the research community intending to prepare a...
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 The European Commission has published corrigenda to the calls for proposals under the Sixth Framework Programme's specific programme 'Integrating and strengthening the European...
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 An event assessing the progress of 19 research projects on the Aral Sea is to take place from 4 to 8 April in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The event is being organised by INTAS, an...
Brussels, 30 Jan 2003 A discussion paper by the WWF (world wildlife fund) and the European Environmental Bureau claims that the EU's new chemicals policy will promote innovation. The Commission is...
Brussels, 30 January 2003 Discussion Platform, Brussels, 30-31 January, 2003 Q. What are the background and objectives of this event? The need to increase crop yields in developing countries in a...
Bruxelles, le 30 janvier 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis honoré de pouvoir m'adresser à un public aussi nombreux, diversifié et international. Cette assemblée est à l'image de l'Espace européen...