Science|Business Reporting

Demand for grants rose by 17% in 2010, but funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation was up by only 2.7% to €592M

Heptares seals a third collaboration to apply its technology for stabilising drug targets to discover treatments for cardiovascular, central nervous system and inflammatory diseases

A three year collaboration between the Vetmeduni Vienna and the Georgikon Faculty of the University of Pannonia aims to improve food safety and help poultry producers

Germany’s Helmholtz Association and France’s National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) are to create two joint research laboratories in France

Plans to update Europe’s intellectual property laws for the digital age, and to put more effort into preventing piracy and counterfeiting were unveiled on Tuesday

A new position paper, “Funding for EU research and innovation from 2014: a UK perspective” looks at the future role and shape of EU R&D funding

The UK Intellectual Property Office has published an updated version of its guide to universities on maximising the value of their intellectual property

Research ministry will provide €20 million to a venture capital fund set up to commercialise public sector research

The launch of the first two operational satellites in the EU's global navigation satellite system will take place on 20th October

The UK should make achieving a unified EU patent system and patent court the highest immediate priority and update its copyright laws for the digital Internet age