Nuala Moran

The European Union was trumped last week when France announced plans to boost the country's biofuel use to 10 per cent by 2015.

CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Phyics, has launched the second phase of Openlab, its partnership with IT companies for the development of advanced computing facilities.

Free public access to Europe’s leading biological databases will be guaranteed under a €16.7 million EU project launched this month.

After raising £910,000 from a Phase Ib/IIa study of its lead product, a treatment for multiple sclerosis, Apitope Technology Ltd is looking for first round funding of up to £7 million.

The European Union has declared its pilot programme to promote the use of hydrogen-powered vehicles a success – and announced a further €105 million scheme.

Having our cake and eating it – Europe's food research strategy wants the most appetising food to be the healthy option, too.

A purpose built e-Science Research Institute was opened at Durham University earlier this month by the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King.

A new centre has opened in Manchester with a brief to develop new materials that will be used to construct lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft.

The European Commission told universities to modernise and pull their weight in the EU’s plans to become the leading knowledge-based economy, as it released an action plan for change.

Cancer Research UK plans to rescue viable compounds stuck on the shelves of pharma and biotech companies.