Policy

The UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) will invest £39.5 million across six calls in the next six months, in areas from regenerative medicine to low carbon housing.

The economic crisis is forcing a rethink, on both sides of the Atlantic, on the scope for collaboration in R&D.

In the second of a two-part series John Wood, chair of the European Research Area Board, considers the role the Internet will play in shaping the European Research Area.

Research Councils UK and FAPESP, the Research Council for the State of São Paulo, have signed an agreement to strengthen research links between the UK and Brazil.

Setting up large teams to study the “known unknowns” of science leaves no room for the unexpected, says Sir Alec Jeffreys, the discoverer of genetic fingerprinting.

With a huge stimulus fund and long-term plans, China is aiming for a leading role in the wave of innovations it expects after the economic downturn.

A new report calls on the government to back emerging technologies through a restructuring of procurement and taxation.

Patent laws in the Republic of Ireland have been amended to streamline the system and bring it into line with the rest of Europe.

In a series of six articles, Science|Business looks at how the G-20’s $200 billion of stimulus money will be spent. This week, France.