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A Dutch PhD student has found that the Dutch government is failing in five of seven key factors needed for successful innovation in energy.

One of Ireland’s best known scientific sons has been lured back from his post as Director General of the European Molecular Biology Organisation to take the helm at Science Foundation Ireland.

The EU and China are launching a project with to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases, giving Europe emission quotas and “greening” coal-fired power stations in China.

The open-source software company Red Hat is opening a centre for support and R&D in Serbia, building on a project initiated in 2005 by Belgrade University to create an incubator for new technologies.

Venture capitalists are on a roll: in the past week two more firms confirmed the closing of significant new funds, to add to five others announced this year.

The UK’s system for pricing drugs is to move from one based on controlling profits to a value-based approach. The switch has implications for other countries in Europe.

The light and dark blues have found new competitive pursuit that doesn't involve rowing down The Thames, or fighting in the Twickenham mud -- innovation.