UK - INTERNET: Facebook used to recruit UK secret agents 05/10/2008
Britain's overseas security service, MI6, has turned to social networking website Facebook to help recruit new agents, with ads specifically targeting ethnic minorities....
SPACE: Space station changes orbit in advance of tourist arrival 05/10/2008
The International Space Station has adjusted its orbit in order to facilitate the arrival later this month of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and US astronaut Michael Fi...
EU/AU partnership in science, ITC and space presents flagship projects 04/10/2008
The Commissioners of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) have released a joint statement on the need to strengthen African research capacity and presented 19 flagship projects that will form the basis of the EU/AU thematic &...
Inside a bacterial cell's 'crisis command centre' 04/10/2008
EU-funded scientists have shed new light on bacterial 'crisis command centres', giant molecules that help bacteria mount a rapid response to a wide range of stresses and dangers. The findings, which are published in the latest edi...
Making the most of EU health research funding 04/10/2008
Knowledge-sharing and exploitation of the results of research activities took another huge step forward with the recent completion of the 'Life Competence' database. This distinctive project has opened up all 680 EU-funded project...
Conference on biodiversity and agricultures, Montpellier, France 04/10/2008
The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) is organising a conference on 'Biodiversity and agricultures: today's challenges, tomorrow's research for more sustainable farming' which will take place on ...
Advanced course on morphing aircraft, Lisbon, Portugal 04/10/2008
An advanced course on 'Morphing aircraft - materials, mechanisms and systems' will be held from 17 to 20 November in Lisbon, Portugal. Morphing vehicles are designed to adapt to different missions and roles through reconfiguratio...
EU/AU partnership in science, ITC and space presents flagship projects 04/10/2008
The Commissioners of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) have released a joint statement on the need to strengthen African research capacity and presented 19 flagship projects that will form the basis of the EU/AU thematic &...
Inside a bacterial cell's 'crisis command centre' 04/10/2008
EU-funded scientists have shed new light on bacterial 'crisis command centres', giant molecules that help bacteria mount a rapid response to a wide range of stresses and dangers. The findings, which are published in the latest edi...
Making the most of EU health research funding 04/10/2008
Knowledge-sharing and exploitation of the results of research activities took another huge step forward with the recent completion of the 'Life Competence' database. This distinctive project has opened up all 680 EU-funded project...
