Science|Business Reporting

The European aerospace group EADS has agreed to collaborate with a new aerospace research centre, which is due to be built near Moscow.

Scheme will give companies access to finance for low carbon equipment

As of 2013, university research in Britain is to be assessed for its social, economic and cultural impact.

An innovation index published by China ranks the United States 1st and Switzerland 2nd in technological innovation and research capability.

A new smartgrid research facility is to be opened in Glasgow, Scotland. The centre, part of Strathclyde University, aims to accelerate the adoption of new electricity-related technologies.

University technology transfer offices in the UK welcome the government's move to extend the existing range of model research agreements, says their representational body PraxisUnico.

Edinburgh University founded the Old College Capital fund to supply mid- and late-stage funding to spin-out companies.

Europe's Eureka research programme will invest €33 million to fund 25 new collaborative R&D projects. The agreement was announced at a meeting in Eilat, under Israel's chairmanship of Eureka.

A shift in the global research landscape will reposition the US as a major partner, but no longer the dominant leader, in science and technology research in the coming decade. However, the US could benefit from this research shift if it adopts a policy of knowledge sharing with the growing global community of researchers.

The European Parliament gave its approval for a common European patent, allowing the system to move ahead despite objections from Italy and Spain