CONTACT 
RSS 
-
SARTRE project presents exciting new road transport scheme
EUROPA 02/03/2010The EU-funded 'SARTRE' project is developing and testing new technologies to enable vehicles to travel together safely in 'road trains' on unmodified public motorways....
-
Viruses and the human genome: new perspectives on an old relation
EUROPA 02/03/2010Viral infection susceptibility varies amongst individuals, with some people exposed to viruses for long periods of time but remaining uninfected nonetheless. The burning question is why? Italian researchers at the Scientific Institute for R...
-
Egg shells illustrate human story
BBC News | Science & Environment 02/03/2010Etched ostrich shells from South Africa are among the earliest examples of the use of symbolism, scientists say....
-
Ice deposits found at Moon's pole
BBC News | Science & Environment 02/03/2010A radar experiment aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft detects large deposits of water ice near the Moon's north pole....
-
Diets 'can help blocked arteries'
BBC News | Science & Environment 02/03/2010Three diets - low-carbohydrate, low-fat diet and Mediterranean - are all effective in helping reverse blocked arteries, say researchers....
-
EU anti-poverty plans under fire over targets
EURACTIV 01/03/2010A heated debate between the services of the Commission was won by minimalists who favoured a poverty reduction target of 25% by the end of the decade, according to sources close to the draft.The target is to be unveiled on Wednesday (3 Marc...
-
EU countries to report about energy investment plans
EURACTIV 01/03/2010The regulation requires EU countries to notify the Commission every two years about investment projects concerning the building, modernisation and decommissioning of energy capacities. The text covers projects related to oil, natural gas, e...
-
Slovakia catching up on green technologies
EURACTIV 01/03/2010Slovakia and the Czech Republic were two parts of a common federal state until 1993. Comparisons between the two countries are thus telling regarding trends in developing renewable and green technologies. ...
-
No new money for Danube Strategy, leaders confirm
EURACTIV 01/03/2010Prime ministers from eight EU countries – Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia – agreed to "create an attractive, secure and prosperous Danube region along our common values, principles...
-
Iceland faces Icesave referendum after talks fail
EURACTIV 01/03/2010Efforts to reach a new deal to pay back Britain and the Netherlands more than $5 billion lost by their savers failed late on Thursday. Einar Haraldsson, spokesman for the prime minister's office, said the government might make a stateme...
