Paris, 07 Apr 2006 If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 m in diameter with a mass of nearly 1000 million tonnes - collides with the Earth it could spell...
Brussels, 30 July 2004 The Commission is launching a wide consultation on its Communication 鈥淭owards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology鈥 in which it proposed an integrated and responsible...
Brussels, 01 Jun 2005 The continued and growing investment in Grid research under the Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes (FP5 and FP6) is clear evidence of the enormous potential that many in...
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Brussels, 20 Jan 2005 A conference on the future of European Union research and development policies and opportunities for the new Member States will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on 4 February. The...
Brighton's new v-c, Julian Crampton, has a strong track record in higher education and linking up with industry Julian Crampton, an expert in venomous snake and spider bites, was this week announced...
Brussels, 24 March 2006 Brussels European Council, 23-24 March 2006 Presidency conclusions 18. In view of the importance of R&D for future growth and in providing solutions for many of the...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2005 The EU funded BioCop project is bringing together research expertise on new techniques to screen a variety of foodstuffs for multiple chemical contaminants, including pesticides...
Imperial staff have the best heads for business in UK academe, reports Letitia Hughes Academics at Imperial College London are the most business-minded in the UK, according to a survey in which their...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2006 EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik, together with former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho, have referred to the recent services directive as a '...
London, 5 December 2005 Government responds to UK Stem Cell Initiative Report The Government today announced that 拢100m will be made available for UK stem cell research over the next two years to...
London, 25 April 2006 Dear Professor, Ladies and Gentlemen, When Professor Worthington invited me to visit LSE, she reminded me of a speech I made some months ago in which I called for social...
Oxford to resume university governance debate Oxford dons are to reassemble today in the 17th-century Sheldonian theatre for the second round of a highly charged debate on how the ancient university...
Brussels, 12 October 2005 The EU invests about a third less in research than the US, and the EU/US innovation gap has not narrowed in recent years. Meanwhile, emerging countries like China and India...
Today's cash-driven managerial ethos is being blamed for course cuts and the curbs on blue-skies thinking The Government must act to safeguard the future of vital science subjects in UK universities...