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Open-source programmers, who help drive many institutions’ computer systems, are pirates to some - but they now have a legal champion, reports Stephen Phillips The new Software Freedom Law Center (...
Open-source programmers, who help drive many institutions’ computer systems, are pirates to some - but they now have a legal champion, reports Stephen Phillips The new Software Freedom Law Center (...
Brussels, Apr 2005 Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding declared herself surprised but very pleased that female innovators stole the limelight at the 2005 Information Society...
Brussels, 05 Apr 2004 Members of a European High level Group (HLG) on Human Resources for Science and Technology (S&T) called for 'a little less conversation and a little more action' at a...
Paris, Jun 2003 ESA and its 16 national delegations have come together with the European Commission and more than a hundred separate industries to develop future road maps for space technology...
Brussels, 12 Jan 2005 The next framework programme must focus on curiosity-driven research to attract young people to scientific careers and develop Europe's innovation potential in the long run,...
With universities literally pushing the envelope in the competition for students, everything from stationery to basketball is fair game, Stephen Phillips finds. Postmodern theory may be a useful tool...
Brussels, 16 Jul 2003 The 31st conference of the European Teratology Society will take place from 7 to 10 September in Elsinore, Denmark. The conference will gather together basic and clinical...
Brussels, 03 Feb 2003 A workshop on advanced manufacturing technologies for the automotive industry is taking place on 13 and 14 May in London, Canada. In today's knowledge-based economy, innovation...
Britain has lost its sense of identity, argues Keith Hart, who predicts that this country is on its last legs. Western values have officially remained more or less the same since the liberal...
Brussels, 16 September 2005 A regular look at what’s going on the world of European research, showing the breadth and diversity of EU-funded research projects. In this issue: Europeans...
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week set out the largest sustained increase in science spending for a generation, yet research leaders warned there would be very little money left over for new research...
Brussels, 5 March 2003 In its first progress report since adopting the EU strategy on life sciences and biotechnology in 2002, the European Commission today indicated that the risk of diverging...
Brussels, 2 March 2004 Today the European Space Agency's "Rosetta" comet-intercept spacecraft was launched in Kourou, French Guyana. European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin welcomed the lift-...
Brussels, 2 March 2004 Today the European Space Agency's "Rosetta" comet-intercept spacecraft was launched in Kourou, French Guyana. European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin welcomed the lift-...
Simon Blackburn goes in search of his inner 'Real Self' and finds his 'Old Self' Many philosophers set a lot of store by authenticity. In fact, the best ever piece of light verse about a philosopher...