Shiny happy people
Men and women have used cosmetics to beautify themselves since Neolithic times. But now, as Virginia Smith outlines, the production and sale of body-care products is a high-tech global business Local...
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Rich pickings for the hawks
Henry R. Luce, Time and the American Crusade in Asia
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Regional tiger loses bite abroad
Dragons and Tigers
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Today's news
Universities call for an extra ?168m Scotland's universities want an extra ?168 million from the Scottish Executive to increase student numbers, improve facilities and pay for lecturers' wage rises....
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Ariane 5 launches two telecommunications satellites
Paris, 11 Aug 2006 On 11 August 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary...
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Ottawa
Canada's police complaints commission has urged the Mounties to apologise to student protesters for "inappropriate actions" at a Vancouver meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
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The latest politics textbooks
Demystifying the European Union: The Enduring Logic of Regional Integration Author: Roy H. Ginsberg Edition: First Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Price: ?17.99 ISBN 9780742536555 This text places...
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On the move ...
* University College London has appointed Janette Atkinson , currently professor of psychology, and Vince Emery , currently professor of virology, as pro provost for North America and pro provost for...
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In resolving dispute with Commission over research contract, complaint by office within Thai non-profit lacked legal personality, so complaint should be ruled manifestly inadmissible: opinion (C-547/0
Luxembourg, 13 September 2005 C-547/03 P, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) contre Commission Opinion of Advocate General Stix-Hackl on 13 September 2005 (link to English version when available)....
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WHO IP Working Group To Address Conflicting Interests Before December Meeting, IP Watch says (extract)
Washington, D.C., 25 Jul 2006 An intergovernmental working group on public health and intellectual property, which the World Health Assembly said in May should be set up "immediately," is scheduled...
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China not a threat to EU and US research, Potocnik says
Brussels, October 2006 Europe and the US have nothing to fear from globalisation, and can in fact use it to their advantage, EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik told an audience at...
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Soft sides of growth get a long hard look
Cultures Merging
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Latest European research news
The full text of all important European statements, speeches and announcements on research - from the European Union and bodies such as the European Space Agency - appears here: · Closer S&T...
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Private sector booms
Australia's public universities face increased competition from a growing number of private institutions offering degree and diploma courses. Glyn Davis, chair of the Group of Eight research-...
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Celtic Tiger's competitiveness in decline, report finds
Brussels, 17 October 2006 Report The National Competitiveness Council of Ireland has published a report warning that despite outstanding economic performance in recent years, there are signs that the...