Press Release: Descartes Prizes for Research and Science Communication – 2005 Winners announced

Outstanding European research teams in genetics, climate change, astronomy, social sciences and disease management, as well as innovative science communicators received the prestigious EU Descartes Prize from EU Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik at a high level ceremony in London on 2 December 2005. The €1,000,000 Descartes Research Prize was shared in 2005 between five pan-European teams who achieved major scientific breakthroughs in key European research areas.