EU waves through â¬54bn science funding package
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Lots for IT in there As anticipated, technology research is the major beneficiary of a massive research funding plan approved yesterday by the European Parliament. The funding, released under Framework Programme 7 (FP7), is supposed to support several priority areas in science until 2013. It will be formally adopted by the EU on December 5.â¦
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The European Parliament approves the EU budget for 2006, setting spending at Â£76bn.
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Europe's Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Geneva is celebrating 50 years of its work.
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A new strategy aiming to attract global investment in the field of life sciences is launched.
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With the European Unionâs (EU) expansion to 25 countries, it now accounts for 28% of world GDP and a market of 450 million. That closer commercial relationships with EU are desirable is obvious.
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The EU is backing a project that would let viewers personalise shows and films to suit their tastes.
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A European laboratory that was the birthplace of the World Wide Web and home of Nobel prize-winning developments in understanding the origins of the universe celebrated its 50th birthday Tuesday. But French President Jacques Chirac warned that despite those illustrious achievements, European scientists are falling behind.
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England's universities will benefit from a new funding scheme to be announced by the prime minister.
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Europe launches a project to build a super-brilliant X-ray laser to probe the atomic structure of materials.
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A cadre of buyout shops are expected to try to raise a total of &#36;45 billion for new European funds in the next year and a half.
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The Science Horizons project aims to give the public a clear voice on science and technology policy in the UK.
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A new pan-European supercomputing network has opened to help scientists in the EU with their research. &quot;We have just completed testing,&quot; said David Henty of the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, a member
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EU governments have agreed that the troubled Galileo satellite navigation network will have to be built with public funds.
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European researchers can now use a new supercomputing network to help them in their work. &quot;We have just completed testing,&quot; said David Henty with the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, a member
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The European Commission on Wednesday proposed funding the troubled multi-billion-euro satellite navigation project Galileo wholly from EU coffers, rather than with money from private industry or member states.
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Governments are to sign a deal committing scientists to work to harness an alternative source of nuclear power.
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The move brings the European Union's total promises of support to 1.5bn once contributions from the 25 national governments are included.