Science|Business Reporting

The first quarter of 2010 saw 91 Israeli high-tech companies raise $234 million, the lowest quarterly amount for five years.

On Tuesday, IBM and the University of Porto inaugurated the first Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Portugal, located on the campus of the College of Engineering.

Germany’s High-Tech Grunderfonds has held its first partnering conference in Bonn, with 50 early-stage portfolio companies presenting their technologies.

The 42 metre European Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world’s biggest telescope, is to be located on Armazones in Chile.

A new international network, the Web Science Trust Network of Laboratories, has been launched to create an alliance of world-class research laboratories.

A new initiative aims to develop computer and cell-based alternatives to animal toxicity testing, with the aim of replacing the use of one million animals each year in Europe.