Nuala Moran

Just over half of Europe’s scientifically qualified work force is female, but fewer than one in three of Europe’s professional scientists and technologists are women...

A transatlantic collaboration that will systematically uncover the function of human genes and make the findings public got under way earlier this month.

US institutions are dominant in a survey of bio tech transfer published by the Miliken Foundation covering publications, patenting and tech transfer outcomes.

European venture capitalists are no longer prepared to take any risk with their investments, undermining the biotech sector. That, anyway, is the opinion of many a frustrated biotech entrepreneur.

European companies are set to increase their investment in R&D by 5 per cent per annum over the next three years, closing the gap with US counterparts.

Europe came a step closer to ensuring its future competitiveness last week when member states endorsed a programme of sustainable chemistry.

Public procurement should be used to stimulate innovation using a US model that has proved itself over 25 years, says a report from the University of Cambridge, UK.