Brussels, 22 October 2003 A real renaissance in European manufacturing was the focus of a briefing chaired by European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin today. The briefing highlighted the EMO...
Tuberculosis is no long-gone scourge but a deadly modern-day disease that is increasingly resistant to treatment. Anna Fazackerley meets a woman seeking new ways to attack the bacterium that causes...
Top scientists are being wooed by an oasis of healthy salaries, hi-tech facilities and freedom. Anna Fazackerley joins them in the sun. David Lane discovered p53, the tumour suppressor gene that is...
Academics should bid for all research cash rather than expect money to be dished out according to scores achieved in a "flawed" research assessment exercise, according to a think-tank report. The...
Berlin, 22nd April 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for inviting me to take part in this conference, which brings together so many distinguished experts in the field of innovation and...
Portoroz (Slovenia), 24 November 2004 Dear participants of this year’s Portoroz Business Conference, Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would first like to thank you for the opportunity to take...
Sir Keith O'Nions, chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence, will launch into a different sort of battle in January when he takes over as director-general of the research councils. The...
Sir Keith O'Nions, chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence, will launch into a different sort of battle in January when he takes over as director-general of the research councils. The...
Australia's main foreign student recruitment agency is to abandon non-profitable markets and consolidate its activities in the main source countries. Facing its third loss-making year, IDP Education...
Brussels, 20 Dec 2004 The results of an online survey on 'a European strategy for nanotechnology' illustrate the areas that Europe's researchers consider should be a priority. Respondents...
Brussels, 15 Dec 2004 Eight European research institutes are linking four supercomputers to create one powerful megacomputer in a bid to boost Europe's competitiveness in scientific areas where...
The 1,000th member of a Scottish networking scheme for international postgraduates hopes to open doors for Scottish businesses in Latin America as well as boosting his own career prospects. Eduardo...
Brussels, 10 Dec 2004 The importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) must be recognised in the coming proposal for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), says the European...
Brussels, May 2004 At an information session on Finnish/EU ICT and IST Strategy in Brussels on 26 May, participants outlined Finland's strategy over the next four years for remaining the lead...
Twentieth-century productionism left us overfed, underfed or badly fed. Tim Lang looks at the new battle for mouths and minds At every policy level - local, national, regional, global - a pattern of...