News

Like many others, the Swiss EPFL has grand plans to attract international companies. Its secret weapon: renouncing royalties in favour of overhead financing.

Unimpressed by the diagnostic tools available to treat breast cancer, Oxford engineering professor Mike Brady started to work on medical imaging.

European Commission officials are studying ways to give R&D investment an additional boost from 2009, according to a senior EC research official.

The first full list of finalists from Brussels’ new research agency has plenty of surprises for research establishments.

Without open and competitive funding systems for research, universities will not be able to attract international talent and create mobility in the market for potential research talent, argues Katrien Maes from the League of European Research Universities.