Science|Business Reporting

A Dutch PhD student has found that the Dutch government is failing in five of seven key factors needed for successful innovation in energy.

One of Ireland’s best known scientific sons has been lured back from his post as Director General of the European Molecular Biology Organisation to take the helm at Science Foundation Ireland.

The EU and China are launching a project with to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases, giving Europe emission quotas and “greening” coal-fired power stations in China.

The open-source software company Red Hat is opening a centre for support and R&D in Serbia, building on a project initiated in 2005 by Belgrade University to create an incubator for new technologies.

The first programme in a multinational scheme to generate vaccines needed in the developing world by guaranteeing a market in advance of their development has got under way.

The UK government has announced it is investing £8.7 million in an Airbus-led project to develop simulation software for aircraft design.

Finland’s universities are banding together to establish a national network for cooperation in life sciences, Biocenter Finland.