Technology roadmapping symposium
Brussels, 18 Feb 2004 The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is co-organising a symposium on technology roadmapping, to take place in London on 9 March. Speakers from leading companies and...
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Hawaii hopes to get blues
The University of Hawaii's department of tropical plant and soil sciences has embarked on a ten-year quest to develop the first blue orchid. Students and faculty in the department assist Hawaii's...
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Questions and answers on risk assessment of nanotechnology products
Brussels, 20 October 2005 1) What are nanotechnologies? Nanotechnologies involve the controlled production at molecular level of new materials, structures and devices, which have at least one...
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Today's news
John Moores lecturers to protest over schools closures Lecturers at Liverpool John Moores University will today protest against plans to close the institution's language and business information...
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Report will call for European technology platform for 'white biotechnology'
Brussels, 08 Jan 2004 The Belgian Royal Academy of Science is to publish a report on 15 January calling on European and national authorities, together with industry, to establish a technology...
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Report will call for European technology platform for 'white biotechnology'
Brussels, 08 Jan 2004 The Belgian Royal Academy of Science is to publish a report on 15 January calling on European and national authorities, together with industry, to establish a technology...
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Framework Programme 'adds significant value', finds expert panel
Brussels, 11 Feb 2005 The EU research Framework Programmes play an important role in developing Europe's knowledge base and should receive substantially increased funding in the future. This is the...
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Arts postdocs lead the pack in job stakes
Postdoctoral researchers in the social sciences and humanities are twice as likely to secure permanent posts in their universities than those in the biological and physical sciences, official figures...
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Research and innovation essential for future agricultural policy, says Fischer Boel
Brussels, 24 Jan 2005 Innovation is the keyword for the future of our agriculture and rural development policies, says Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development....
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Shocked and awed
From the bombardment of Guernica to the overwhelming force used in Iraq, artists have struggled to convey the full extent of terror from above, says Ian Patterson. Humankind may not be able to bear...
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Zeros make heroes
We are living in a golden age of numbers, with a new world of opportunities created by theoretical and applied maths. Chloe Stothart figures out why being a mathematician today really counts. "There...
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Dutch Presidency proposes a rethink of the European ICT agenda
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 A new report commissioned by the Dutch EU Presidency has called for an overhaul of Europe's information and communication technologies (ICT) policy, identifying ten '...
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MRC news 'has not knocked us off course'
King's College London may have lost out on a major research deal, but new principal Rick Trainor is determined not to be pessimistic. For months, King's has been pitched against University College...
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Tax law 'kills' spin-offs...
The Government is killing university spin-off companies "stone dead" it was claimed last week, as figures revealed a dramatic decline in the number of academic start-up firms. University...
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ESA honoured with two AAAF prizes
Paris, 17 Sep 2004 The Association Aéronautique & Astronautique de France (AAAF) has awarded two of its annual prizes to the European Space Agency, more specifically to its Director General,...