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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has just opened the doors to a new national robotics research centre that aims to usher in a new era of robots, designed to do useful things in ordinary circumstances.

As the financial crisis forces governments across the European Union to cut spending on scientific research, will Europe’s 110,000 foundations and charities, which control assets of €350 billion, fill the gap? This is the question being asked by European Commission officials as they seek to fuel further investment in research and innovation

The European Research Council has appointed new members of its governing Scientific Council, while it is still uncertain how the organisation should be run as a whole.

More recognition of Alzheimer’s disease and more research funding is needed, says the European Parliament.