Science|Business Reporting

An international public-private consortium, set up to build the most detailed map of human genetic variation to date, has announced the completion of three pilot projects.

Germany’s Max Planck Society has signed an agreement with Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea, to set up two centres devoted to Attosecond Science and Complex Phase Materials.

The European Science Foundation has hit out at an EU directive on exposure levels for staff working with magnetic resonance imaging, saying it puts research at risk.

A new fund was launched by Oxford University this week to support proof of concept and prototyping work.

The National University of Ireland Galway and the University of Limerick have agreed to form a joint Translational Research Institute with the Georgia Institute of Technology.