Europe needs to stop talking and take action on setting up a global system for governance of the internet, says Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.
Norway’s Centres of Excellence scheme wins praise for increasing recruitment, promoting international collaboration, and national and interdisciplinary cooperation.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso highlights the need to complete the internal energy market, build and interconnect energy grids, and ensure security.
UK researchers are told they must “achieve more with less”, as the government confirms there will be big cuts to science in October’s government spending review.
The value of the economic stimulus remains a hotly debated topic in the US, but the White House is claiming success in energy and other innovative fields.
King’s College London is joining forces with the Beijing Genomics Institute in a £20 million research programme to study epigenetic differences between twins.
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