Brussels, 25 June 2002 Universities can play a key role in helping to bring about sustainability and can do this through both the European research area (ERA) and European higher education area (EHEA...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Austrian MEP Paul Rübig is to present a report to Parliament on 1 July calling for the safety and security of nuclear plants and nuclear materials to come under the...
Babies make eye contact in 48 hours Two-day old babies have the ability to make eye contact and can sense when they are being looked at directly, according to a new study funded by the Medical...
Scientist leaves £45m to Cambridge A multi-millionaire scientist who helped to revolutionise birth control by developing the contraceptive pill has left more than £45 million to Cambridge University...
Lecturers lobby MPs ahead of spending review Staff from the Association of University Teachers and Natfhe, the lecturers' union, are lobbying MPs at Westminster today about pay. They are trying to...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 Commission study on scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture - Contribution from the German delegation. Note...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 'Serious and swift action' must be taken to stem the decline of European scientific capability, six European Nobel prize laureates have said in an open letter to the Seville...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is offering a revamped information service for national and European-funded research in the 15...
Paris, 24 June 2002 Officials at international groups dealing with some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems agree that satellite imagery could be of enormous benefit in implementing...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 Russian scientists are planning to march 100 kilometres to Moscow in a protest about the decline in Russian science. Around 150 scientists will cover the distance between a...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 Draft summary conclusions of the 283rd meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), held in Brussels on 24 May 2002. Note to CREST delegations. European...
Brussels, 24 June 2002 An information day on the new eTEN call for proposals will take place in Brussels on 4 July 2002. eTEN falls under the Community programme TEN-Telecom, which aims to promote...
Paris, 24 June 2002 Next week in Lille, France, representatives from ESA and European textile companies will meet to discuss how space technology can be used by the textile industry to improve our...
Children in Ulster learn to hate at 3 Children in Northern Ireland show signs of beginning to learn to hate those on the other side of the province's religious divide almost as soon as they can walk...
Lords told spending review will address academic pay Academic pay will be addressed by next month's spending review, a senior Labour peer has said. Lord Davies of Oldham, a government whip, told the...