ICESTARS eyes next generation wireless chips 08/12/2008
People are dependent on wireless communication. This is particularly evident in the number of radios, mobile phones, GPS systems and network hotspots used worldwide. But with every wireless communication channel that emerges, pressure grows...
FORALLVENT final symposium, Wroclaw, Poland 08/12/2008
The final symposium of the EU-funded FORALLVENT project will be held on 22 January in Wroclaw, Poland. The event will bring together an interdisciplinary group of European experts to summarise their most important findings in the field of ...
Workshop on inter- and transdisciplinary research on sustainable resource use, Leipzig, Germany 08/12/2008
A workshop on inter- and transdisciplinary research on sustainable resource use will be held in Leipzig, Germany, from 30 January to 1 February 2009. Composed of talks, working groups and seminars, the workshop aims to promote discussion o...
WEB NEWS: The web mobilised by the election in Ghana 08/12/2008
Ghanaians went to the polls to elect their new president and parliament at the weekend. Music stars from the country used Youtube to get young people in particular to vote in what is a test for democracy for Africa....
FOOD: Ireland recalls toxic pork, finds problem farm 08/12/2008
Ireland recalled its pork products after discovering cancer-causing dioxins in slaughtered pigs. On Sunday it said that the contamination had been sourced to feed from just one farm. The UK and other EU countries import Irish pork....
6th meeting of the European Society of Oncological Urology (ESOU) from 16-18 January 2009 08/12/2008
6th Meeting of the European Society of Oncological urology from 16-18 January 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Category: BooksDate: 08 Dec 2008...
Replay : Herschel Planck to understand the universe 08/12/2008
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be: 09-Dec-08 09:40 - 09:55 GMT Replay : Herschel Planck to understand the universe ESA's next major scientific missions; HERSCHEL and PlANCK, have now reached that stage and the two ...
Seamus Heaney receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Queen's University Belfast 08/12/2008
Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Queen's University Belfast. The poet received his award after the world premiere of Anahorish, a piece of music inspired by Heaney?s poem of the same name. Category:...
European project POPART tackles plastics deterioration in museums 08/12/2008
Curators worldwide work hard to preserve and maintain artefacts located inside museums. But while most people think the curators' efforts are expended on paintings, sculpture and fossils, curators must also contend with a more prevalent pro...
HEALTH - RESEARCH: Experimental vaccine could reduce malaria infection 08/12/2008
Researchers have developed an experimental malaria vaccine able to reduce the rate of infection in children by 53 to 65 percent in two clinical trials; one in Kenya and the other in Tanzania. Scientists described it as a 'hopeful begin...
