Science|Business Reporting

A study commissioned by three of the UK’s leading scientific institutions has demonstrated substantial financial and social benefits from investment in medical research.

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) launched a five-year plan which will see the charity spend around GBP 300 million a year on core areas of science in a bid to reduce cancer deaths, including greater investment in cancers where survival rates are poor.

Academic entrepreneurs from across Europe were named last night as the winners of the inaugural Academic Enterprise Awards 2008, at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Commission, allowing full access to the 7th Research Framework Programme.

Governments need to increase international cooperation and strengthen links between public research bodies and industry, says a new OECD report.