Science|Business Reporting

RIKEN, the Japanese research institute, has launched a contest to design a DNA sequence to give Arabidopsis Thaliana the ability to absorb and detoxify formaldehyde.

The UK’s new coalition government has swept into office and announced immediate cuts of £6 billion in public spending.

The Swiss National Science Foundation has published its annual review, showing it funded around 2,900 research proposals worth €498 million in 2009.

The European University Association has published its latest report on the impact of the economic crisis, showing the increasingly difficult situation faced by universities.