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With a strong pipeline of drugs in development, a good flow of venture capital investment and seven IPOs, 2010 was an “exceptional” year, says France Biotech

Europe continues to lead the way, attracting $94.4 B in 2010 - with Germany alone bringing in $41.2 B. But as global investment in clean energy reached a record $243 B, investment in the UK fell by 70%

A report from the UK’s Royal Society - the oldest scientific body in the world – says newcomers led by China are challenging the traditional superpowers of science

It’s still more than a year to go until the next Euroscience meeting in Dublin in 2012, but Copenhagen has been announced as the venue for the event in 2014

In a new initiative, the European Research Council is to offer its grant holders more money to carry out proof of concept work and speed basic research to market

The European Patent Office and Google have today (24 March) signed a long term agreement and unveiled more details of the plan to set up a machine translation service for patents