As part of the 2009 European Year of Creativity and Innovation, a diverse group of prominent scientists, artists, scholars and business executives - European ambassadors of the year – has come up with an ambitious manifesto. more »
A hundred teams have arrived to Washington, DC from all corners of the globe, each with an idea to help save the planet. more »
NASA is calling its new rocket Ares 1-X the next chapter in space exploration. more »
Common rules proposed for cross-border inheritances. more »
Solar energy and carbon capture and storage earmarked for lion's share of extra technology funding. more »
George Smith and his colleague Willard Boyle revolutionized digital imaging technology, and on Tuesday the two men each got an early morning call from Sweden advising they'd been awarded one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics. more »
European Commission called public authorities, business, and researchers to join efforts in order to develop by 2020 the necessary technologies to address climate change, secure EU energy supply and ensure the competitiveness of our economies. more »
This year's announcement from Stockholm, Sweden -- awarded the Nobel prize for medicine to a trio of Americans for discovering telomerase -- an enzyme which helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies aging and cancer. more »
Since its launch in 1987, the Erasmus programme has helped 2 million students carry out a part of their studies or a work placement in another European country. more »
Three separate missions examining the moon have found clear evidence of water there, apparently concentrated at the poles and possibly formed by the solar wind. more »
As part of the 2009 European Year of Creativity and Innovation, a diverse group of prominent scientists, artists, scholars and business executives - European ambassadors of the year – has come up with an ambitious manifesto.
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