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£21M for Tomorrow's Technology: Research Councils UK News Release
Research Councils UK announces seven projects to benefit from latest round of funding for Basic Technology Programme. Computer codes that defy the fraudster, more efficient ways of diagnosing and treating disease and new techniques in oil exploration. These are just some of the potential benefits... view more (2003-01-15)

Latest IMM-newsletter "IMMage" published
Special issue "reforming technology" „Micro systems for the people" was the motto of the last issue of our newsletter "IMMage". The urgent need for a sustainable, environmentally sound and resource sparing energy supply is certainly one of the questions concerning our... view more (2004-07-13)

Lords To Report On Continuing Professional Development For Science Teachers
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will publish a short report on continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers of science on Wednesday 21st March, 0001 hrs. Estelle Morris MP, Minister for School Standards, gave oral evidence to the inquiry which is appended to the... view more (2001-03-15)

New special needs technologies showcased
Exciting new worlds are being opened up by putting together the technologies of electronic music, special needs, therapy and the arts, and the technologies which help people make the greatest use of the movement they are capable of. And the Special Needs Technology 2000 conference at the University... view more (1999-10-26)

IFST announces Co-operating Societies Agreement with SIFST
The Singapore Institute of Food Science & Technology (SIFST) and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) of the United Kingdom are the respective national professional bodies. Both recognise their international responsibilities in food science and technology and the important role... view more (2003-12-10)

IFST/CIFST Co-operating Societies Agreement
The Chinese Institute of Food Science & Technology (CIFST) and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) of the United Kingdom are the respective national professional bodies. Both recognise their international responsibilities in food science and technology and the important role... view more (2001-10-18)

IFST announces a Co-operating Societies Agreement with MIFT
Co-operating Societies Agreement   view more (2005-05-18)

Millennium Technology Prize received over 70 nominations
More than 70 innovators from around the world, who have developed technology which improves people's quality of life, have been nominated for the first-ever Millennium Technology Prize. The Prize will be awarded next summer in Finland. The nomination period for the one million euro prize closed at... view more (2004-01-05)

Lule'å University of Technology first online in Swedish high-speed net
Lule'å University of Technology is the first university in Sweden to connect to the new nationwide high-speed net Gigasunet. Gigasunet is the successor to today's Swedish University Net (SUNET), with a capacity of 10 gigabits per second between nodes at 22 locations in Sweden. All Swedish... view more (2002-02-27)

IFST announces Co-operating Societies Agreement with SAAFoST
Co-operating Societies Agreement The South African Association of Food Science & Technology (SAAFoST) and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) of the United Kingdom are the respective national professional bodies. Both recognise their international responsibilities in food... view more (2003-11-29)

Cutting Edge basic research gets £20M funding
More than £20M is to be awarded to 8 research projects around the UK to help scientists develop basic technologies that will have high impact and wide-reaching benefits. The work will affect all aspects of our lives ranging from cancer research, medical diagnosis and tissue engineering to... view more (2002-02-25)

Nanogenerators may spark miniature machines
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have crafted tiny nanowires that generate electricity when they vibrate.   view more (2006-04-14)

New mobile phone functions fit into a smaller space than before
Even a conventional mobile phone user demands more functions and better performance of his mobile phone in the smallest possible space. The mobile phone should also be easy to use, reliable and inexpensive. In order to meet these demands, more data and functions than before must be packed into the... view more (2002-04-05)

New Technology Opens Up PC World To Disabled
Researchers at the University of Ulster have developed new technology that could revolutionize the quality of life for the disabled. The Look Device allows individuals with severe physical impairments to control the operation of a computer cursor solely with the movement of their eyes. A set of... view more (2002-11-12)

How to shrink the mobile phones even more?
Even a conventional mobile phone user demands more functions and better performance of his mobile phone in the smallest possible space. The mobile phone should also be easy to use, reliable and inexpensive. In order to meet these demands, more data and functions than before must be packed into the... view more (2002-04-25)

Minister for Science to Launch set99
For Operational Use Only Not for Publication or Broadcast   view more (1999-03-09)

`Chipping` Children Would Not Make Them Safer, Claims Technology Expert
A leading expert on personal location technology at the University of Leicester has hit out at national reports that suggest children might be safer if they were `chipped`.   view more (2002-09-09)

Ericsson head named honorary doctor at Lule'å
For his "ability, in his leadership, to turn technology into business in the stiffest possible international competition," Carl-Henric Svanberg has been awarded an honorary doctorate at Lule'å University of Technology in northern Sweden. Since April 2003, Carl-Henric Svanberg has... view more (2004-09-08)

European Information Centre on Marine Science and Technology - EurOcean gets three new members
The Flanders Marine Institute (Belgium), the Institute of Oceanology - Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) and the Marine Institute (Ireland) have decided to become members of EurOcean, European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology, joining the two founding member organisations:... view more (2004-05-12)

Technology barometer developed in Finland to measure the technological-scientific state of a country
On commission by the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a globally unique technology barometer, or economic barometer, that measures the state of technological and scientific expertise in a given country. VTT collected comparable... view more (2004-01-30)

Eminent health economist comes home to head up Wessex Institute
Eminent health economist, Professor James Raftery, has been appointed as the new Director of the Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development (WIHRD) at the University of Southampton's School of Medicine. Professor Raftery, who is currently Director of the Health Economics Facility at the... view more (2005-03-08)

Invitation to the Press - Science Minister to launch Star Tiger Project
Science Minister Lord Sainsbury will be officially inaugurating the European Star Tiger project on Monday 24 June at 2pm, and you are invited to attend the ceremony and talk to team members and guests. The ceremony will take place at the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, where... view more (2002-06-13)

IT and The Law - What`S The Score?
A pioneering centre dedicated to tackling the new legal challenges associated with the fast-moving world of information technology will open at the University of Bristol this summer [June 1, 2002]. This is a cross-disciplinary venture building on existing strengths in the Faculties of Law and... view more (2002-03-07)

“Oscars” come to European Science and Technology
The Commission of the EU has signed a contract with the EuroPAWS consortium to bring an awards ceremony like “The Oscars” to the worlds of TV drama and European Science and Technology. Events in Paris, London and Brussels, with links to the celebrated Paris Science TV Festival and the... view more (2001-05-21)

"Oscars" Awards Ceremony comes to the European Week of Science and Technology
This evening (5th November) the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London will be the venue for presentation of the EuroPAWS prizes at an Awards Evening. Press are invited to attend. The winners of the two "MIDAS" Prizes (sponsored by the European Science Foundation) for television... view more (2001-10-31)

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