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- Sunday 1st April 2012
Pay comparisons: Are you paid as much as other professionals?
[more information] There have been few global comparisons of academic salaries around the world, but new research paints a picture of a profession…
- Monday 21st November 2011
Australian ICT Research and Cooperation priorities
[more information] Australia remains a strategic location for ICT activities with a global and regional focus and many global ICT companies have…
- Tuesday 15th November 2011
Austerity threatens autonomy, EUA warns
[more information] An authoritative study of university autonomy across 26 European countries has found “worrying signs” that the economic…
- Monday 31st October 2011
R&D investment scoreboard: measuring the world’s R&D appetite
[more information] The annual “EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard” measures the appetite of the world’s largest R&D investors…
- Friday 21st October 2011
Pigment production, the 100,000-year-old way
[more information] How humans source, combine and store substances that help drive both social and technology practices is a testament to how the…
- Wednesday 19th October 2011
Showcasing Excellence in Biomedical Research: Australia-France Symposium
[more information] The Australian Academy of Science and the Embassy of France in Canberra are organising a symposium to explore the very latest in…
- Saturday 15th October 2011
French Ministers divided on foreign student rules
[more information] Laurent Wauquiez (pictured), France’s minister for higher education and research, is embroiled in a row with Claude Guéant,…
- Tuesday 11th October 2011
Scientists unwrap mystery of world's first explorers
[more information] An international team of scientists has discovered that Aboriginal Australians descend directly from an early human expansion…
- Friday 30th September 2011
Scientists penetrate ancient cranium with sophisticated technology
[more information] More than 80 scientists from Australia, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States have…
- Sunday 25th September 2011
What role for the EU in an era of austerity?
[more information] How does the recession affect higher education in Europe and what impact will it have in the future? Public funding represents…
- Thursday 22nd September 2011
Researchers make case for continuation of innovative virtual patient project
[more information] A pilot EU project that could revolutionise medical care was presented to policymakers and researchers at a hearing on Tuesday…
- Sunday 18th September 2011
Internationalisation moves into a new phase
[more information] The current state of international higher education is under discussion. What are the perils and pitfalls for international…
- Friday 9th September 2011
Living out Einstein's dreams - French researchers make quantum breakthrough
[more information] A team of EU-funded researchers has, for the first time, successfully carried out a constant stabilisation experiment of a…
- Wednesday 7th September 2011
Scientists suggest European-tree-killing pathogen endemic to California
[more information] An international team of scientists has potentially unearthed the source of the fungus that has been killing trees in six…
- Thursday 1st September 2011
Industry and academic actors from chemistry world agree on new bioactive molecule standard
[more information] Representatives of pharmaceutical companies, data resource providers and academic groups have come to an agreement on a new…
- Friday 22nd July 2011
New approach to sustain ‘forage’ fishing
[more information] Reduced catches of small oceanic ‘forage’ fish like sardines and anchovies may be required in some ocean areas in order to…
- Thursday 14th July 2011
High-end summer school fosters pan-European scientific cooperation
[more information] This week 200 students and experts are meeting at a European summer school for advanced computer architecture in the Italian…
- Wednesday 13th July 2011
Pacific and European researchers meet in Brisbane for bi-regional dialogue
[more information] The first bi-regional platform of the PACE-Net project was held last week in Brisbane with more than 60 participants from…
- Monday 4th July 2011
Cattle plague's defeat holds valuable lessons
[more information] Lessons learned from the recently successful 50-year campaign to rid the world of cattle plague (rinderpest), could assist in…
- Sunday 3rd July 2011
Space rock passes through satellite belt
[more information] Astronomers around the world breathed a sigh of relief last Monday night when an asteroid passed within 12,000 kilometres of…
- Tuesday 24th May 2011
EU project spotlights CO2 storage in marine ecosystems
[more information] Making the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) environmentally safe is high on the EU agenda. Officials, researchers and…
- Thursday 5th May 2011
JRC launches the “Technology Transfer Offices Circle”
[more information] In line with one of the commitments of the Innovation Union Communication, the JRC has launched the “TTO (Technology Transfer…
- Wednesday 20th April 2011
Life in extreme environments paves the way for international collaboration: New roadmap for research launched
[more information] Life thriving in deserts, the Polar Regions and the deep sea is the focus of a report released today by the CAREX project,…
- Sunday 27th March 2011
Europe: Evaluation reveals main beneficiaries of FP7
[more information] The European Commission has published an interim evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme, FP7. It lists the 50…
- Monday 21st February 2011
A clearer view of earth observation data, the EU way
[more information] Relevant facts, readily accessible in a user-friendly format: big decisions should be based on sound information. An EU-funded…