Science|Business Reporting

A six week online consultation has opened on the implementation of a framework for action for the prevention and control of chronic diseases

A survey of 386 companies across all sectors in the UK has highlighted limited interest in innovation, with only 9 per cent saying they collaborate with universities

The Irish government has announced a €15 million investment in research projects to boost innovation

A industry/academic European project to develop the next generation of green, non-polluting chemical processes will be headed by Manchester University

Geoscientist Donald Dingwell has been named as the new Secretary General of the European Research Council

The new fund will cooperate with High-Tech Gründerfonds in supporting new companies in and around Hamburg

The next frontier in outsourcing opens up as university scientists contract online for laboratories to carry out their experiments

This is the UK’s largest ever investment in translational health research. The 31 separate awards include funding for four new Biomedical Research Units, specialising in dementia research.

The European Commission has put in an additional €12 million from Framework Programme 7 to increase Europe’s capacity for tackling epidemics

The European Food Safety Authority has opened a public consultation on its proposals for regulating food from genetically modified animals