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DFG Science TV, the online television channel provided by the German Research Foundation, is to be continued following its successful launch last year.

The UK and Indian governments are to fund a £9 million project to bring education, healthcare and early warning systems to remote areas in both countries.

The fourth quarter of 2008 was a hard time for anyone with ambitions of listing on one of Europe’s stock exchanges.

The latest Innovation Scoreboard shows Europe is far short of its 2010 target of boosting R&D spending to 3 per cent of GDP.

The future of early-stage bioscience firms in the UK is in doubt and funding for start-ups has virtually ceased, says a report commissioned by the UK government.

For the first time in a decade, total R&D funding in the US is forecast to drop, but the decline is expected to prompt more international collaborations and research with dual benefits.