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EU Funded Project Set To Revolutionise Mathematics On The Web
A two-year investigation into mathematical web services is being undertaken with financial assistance from the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme of the European Union's Fifth Framework. With offices in the UK, Germany, Japan and the USA, the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) develops and provides world-leading software to solve... view more... (2002-12-23)

EU supports creation of a European cancer research area
How to build greater coherence in European cancer research? This is the key question to be debated at a conference today, which brings together around 250 representatives from science, the medical profession, government, patient organisations, foundations, industry and European institutions. The aim of the conference, jointly organised by the... view more... (2002-09-19)

DAIDALOS - Making the mobile services of tomorrow fly
A new EU project has started to lift mobile communication to new heights. Under the name DAIDALOS, 46 partners from industry and academia will develop an open network architecture for personalised access to feature-rich services and applications. "Our vision is to seamlessly integrate the heterogeneous network technologies and enable users to... view more... (2003-12-15)

Commission calls for experts to evaluate scientific projects
On 4 December the Commission published two calls for experts to assist it in evaluating and selecting proposals for research projects to be funded within the Sixth EU Research Framework Programme (FP6 2002-2006). Under FP6, proposals will continue to be evaluated and selected for funding with the help of independent external scientists. This... view more... (2002-12-05)

Casting a mould for political leaders
Acknowledging the pressure for greater transparency and understanding of political roles, psychologists have pinpointed the skills of effective political leaders and have produced a national framework for government departments to use in the selection and development of their politicians.   view more (2005-01-07)

New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects of Drought
Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance.    view more (2009-11-13)

UK Scores High in European eGovernment Survey
UK national government websites have achieved high scores in an EC benchmarking survey.   The DTI's UKISHELP support service (UK Information Society Help - www.ukishelp.co.uk) has revealed that the EC survey found national government websites throughout the EU generally serve businesses better than they serve citizens. It also found... view more... (2002-01-04)

Research Europe 18 July issue: stories on ERA, FP6 expressions of interest, Cost, contract mandates and Spain`s reshuffle.
Commission told to improve ERA plan The Commission has been told by an independent monitoring panel to improve its plans for creating a European research area. The panel recommends that "the strategy for ERA implementation be sharpened with more precise formulations of goals, objectives, plans, time-schedules, and milestones". A subsequent... view more... (2002-07-18)

Research Fortnight 13 November issue: stories on DEFRA and animal disease, research council performance, NESTA, HRI and NHS governance
DEFRA evades issue of animal disease funding The House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee has strongly endorsed calls for the government to spend an additional £250 million on animal disease research. But in its response to the recent foot and mouth disease inquiries, issued last week, the Department for the... view more... (2002-11-13)

COST President Meets The New Rapporteur Of The EU Parliament and Chairs The Fourth JAF Meeting
Professor Francesco Fedi, President of the COST Committee of Senior Officials, accompanied by Mr Erwin van Rij, Head of the EU Council COST Secretariat, on 19 May 2005 met in Warsaw Professor Jerzy Buzek, past Prime Minister of Poland and presently Member of the EU Parliament and Rapporteur to the Parliament for the European Commission Proposal... view more... (2005-05-19)

Models Simulate Nitrate Dynamics in Garonne, Southwest France
The over-enrichment of fresh, transitional, and marine waters with nitrogen (N) can lead to problems associated with eutrophication, such as a change in species composition of aquatic plants and nuisance algal blooms. In this context, dynamic models of flow and water quality are required to aid the implementation of the Water Framework Directive... view more... (2009-01-06)

MODELKEY - The key to clean surface waters
Analysing and evaluating chemical pollution - that is the goal of the new European large-scale project MODELKEY, starting in February. Under the management of the Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Germany (UFZ) researchers in 13 countries will be developing methods to identify so-called key chemicals and their effect on the water... view more... (2005-02-25)

NIST, DOD, intelligence agencies join forces to secure US cyber infrastructure
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), has released the first installment of a three-year effort to build a unified information security framework for the entire federal government.   view more (2009-06-18)

'Vision' - Helping Revive Flagging Industrial Areas
An Internet-based system to help revive flagging areas hit by the decline of traditional heavy industry, such as steel and mining, has been developed with the help of 850,000 euros from the EU's Framework Programme.   view more (2005-01-18)

ACP releases framework for policies enabling access to affordable health insurance coverage
A framework for policies that would enable all Americans to have access to affordable health insurance coverage was released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). The updated position paper, Achieving Affordable Health Insurance Coverage for All Within Seven Years: A Proposal From America's Internists, Updated 2008, is based on a 2002... view more... (2008-05-30)

CONCERN OVER NEW UK LEGISLATION TO DETAIN PEOPLE WITH DANGEROUS SEVERE PERSONALITY DISORDERS (p 1926, 1955)
Recent UK government proposals to reduce the risks posed by people with "dangerous" severe personality disorders (DSPD) include a controversial new legal framework for indeterminate detention. In a systematic review in this week's issue of THE LANCET, Alec Buchanan and Morven Leese from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK, aimed to... view more... (2001-12-05)

EU Funding Opens Up 'On Line' Music For The Masses
European research led by a UK scientist has the potential to break open the multimedia industry for artists and consumers thanks to 2.26 million euros from the EU's Framework Programme.   view more (2004-11-09)

First steps to EMBO research awards agreed by the EMBC
At the summer meeting of the European Molecular Biology Conference (the EMBC), it was decided to initiate the process of launching an EMBO Research Award Programme. This would be a major expansion of the EMBO activities that are predominantly funded by the EMBC. As such, it requires the establishment of a special project, a process that was used... view more... (2003-07-01)

The industrial space age
The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I fifty years ago on October 4th, marking the beginning of our use of space for political, military, technological, and scientific ends.   view more (2007-10-05)

EU signs agreement with Israel on renewed participation in research programme
"Europe and Israel can clearly benefit from joint endeavours in the scientific field," said European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin. "Israel has achieved excellence in sectors such as micro-electronics, aeronautics and life sciences. The new agreement will also pave the way to enhanced dialogue between Arabs and Israelis.... view more... (2003-06-10)
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