Researcher discovers new giant toothless pterosaur 03/12/2008
A researcher at the University of Portsmouth has identified a new species of pterosaur, the largest of its kind to ever be found. It represents an entirely new genus of these flying reptiles that ruled the skies 115 million years ago. ...
VTT draws up workboat approval regulations for the German Navy 03/12/2008
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland will deliver the Federal Office for Defense Material and Procurement (Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung) approval regulations for work boats under 15 metres in size for the purposes of the Ge...
2nd Vaccine Global Congress - also Virtual 03/12/2008
This most authoritative vaccine congress will be held December 7-9 2008, in Boston MA, USA Category: PressDate: 03 Dec 2008...
Omega Centauri ? the glittering giant of the southern skies 03/12/2008
Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO's latest stunning image beautifully illustrates. Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located roughly 17 000 light-years from Earth in...
SPACE - TOURISM: First space ticket sold to Dane for $95,000 03/12/2008
A Californian company has sold the first ticket for a suborbital flight to Danish investment banker Per Wimmer, who could take off as early as 2011. At $95,000 dollars, it is half the price of its competitor Virgin Galactic's offer....
WEB NEWS: Web users debate India-Pakistan relations 03/12/2008
After the deadly attacks in Mumbai, Internet users are debating the future of relations between India and Pakistan. Some are comparing the countries' military forces in view of a possible Indian reprisal....
ZIMBABWE - HEALTH: Cholera death toll nearing 500, says WHO 03/12/2008
The World Health Organization said the victims of the latest cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe had reached 473 since August, after government sources had put the death toll at 425 with a further 11,000 cases of contamination. ...
Bring young people back to science 03/12/2008
Young Europeans are shunning science degrees in greater numbers than ever before. If this trend continues, the EU will start to lag behind China and India in scientific research and development, threatening European competitiveness and pros...
Ministers outline EU research vision for 2020 03/12/2008
Amid fears that the current economic crisis could severely hamper R&D investment, EU research ministers yesterday (2 December) unveiled their bold vision of a borderless European Research Area (ERA) by 2020 to boost the bloc's competitivene...
Minister: 'Research activities must become interdisciplinary' 02/12/2008
Ahead of today's (2 December) EU Research Council, French Research and Higher Education Minister Valérie Pécresse, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, spoke to EurActiv France about the challenges of boosting research and devel...
