European researchers make advances in solar eclipse studies 02/07/2009
European researchers have succeeded in linking solar observations from satellites with ground-based observations. They used state-of-the-art image processing tools to reveal spatial details, effectively showing the structure of the coronal ...
IAEA: Japan's Amano elected to head UN nuclear watchdog 02/07/2009
Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano was elected to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a closed-door vote Thursday....
Climate change is shrinking sheep 02/07/2009
Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science....
Moon probe returns first images 02/07/2009
The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon....
Amur tigers on 'genetic brink' 02/07/2009
The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found....
World 'still losing biodiversity' 02/07/2009
Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns....
Experts call for antibiotic prescribing practices to be standardised across Europe 01/07/2009
EU-funded researchers have identified wide variations in the way antibiotics are prescribed across Europe. In some countries, just 20% of patients who go to their doctor with a cough are give antibiotics, while in other countries this figur...
Vehicle parts: new technology to reduce time and cost 01/07/2009
European car manufacturers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and technology centres have teamed up to find a way to make more efficient and cost-effective automobile structure components. Under the EU-funded PROFORM ('An innovative...
Scientists discover new periodic table element 01/07/2009
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has officially recognised the element 112 as a new element, discovered by scientists at the GSI Helmholzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ?...
Networking event in the field of water management and sanitation for Europe, Africa, and EECA, Vienna, Austria 01/07/2009
A networking event in the field of water management and sanitation for Europe, Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) will be held on 16 and 17 September in Vienna, Austria. The aim of the two-day event is to initiate competiti...
