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US universities maintain their grip on the top rankings in the 2010 edition of the Shanghai index published this week, with 54 institutions in the top 100.

Frank Gannon, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, is to leave his post a year early to become Director and CEO of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research.

Edinburgh University has announced that it spun out 40 new firms last year, the most ever generated by a Scottish university in a single year.

Philips has invested in Dutch VC Gilde’s new healthcare fund, in what the companies say is a unique cooperation.

The proposal for a unified patent court is incompatible with EU Treaties, says Europe’s Advocate General, a serious setback for the creation of the European Patent.

Public spending on research has to stand up to rigorous economic scrutiny said the UK’s new Science Minister David Willetts, in a recent speech.

Can it make commercial sense for companies to charge head-on into large-scale problems like climate change, ageing or energy supplies? Yes, according to Dow Corning.