Science|Business Reporting

The European Union is to spend €105 billion on environmental initiatives to maintain Europe’s leadership in the field of green technologies.

Three of the UK’s largest learned societies in biological and environmental sciences have signed an agreement which is a significant step towards integration.

International trademark activity remained robust in 2008 with the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) receiving a record 42,075 applications.

Science is the route out of the first financial crisis of the new global age, says Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown.