Computer science

Nature Photonics has published a study by group of researchers from Rome's Sapienza University, in collaboration with the Radboud University of Nijmegen and the Politecnico di Milano. The research shows that in the future it will be possible to store data at speeds ten thousand times higher than those achievable with our current technology.

The Royal Society has announced a fellowship grants, aimed at strengthening links between academia and industry, to Dr Nathan Griffiths from the University of Warwick’s Department of Computer Science.

The US patent office has given specific examples of what types of software can get protection. This provides long-awaited clarification, says patent expert Andrew Thompson

Google and France's public research body CNRS are teaming up to conduct joint research in computer science, in a move that is hoped to develop into a long-term cooperation.