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RIKEN, the Japanese research institute, has launched a contest to design a DNA sequence to give Arabidopsis Thaliana the ability to absorb and detoxify formaldehyde.

Halving the weight of metal parts looks like a magic recipe, but it's not easy changing the transport industry.

Commissioner Neelie Kroes has unveiled the Digital Agenda for Europe, aimed at using ICT for sustainable and smart growth in Europe.

Recent changes designed to speed up the application process at the European Patent Office have not gone down well with pharma and biotech.

With its existing grants stirring competition between universities, the ERC is considering another stream, new chair Helga Nowotny tells Science|Business.

Three leading institutions have joined forces in a bid for funding to become one of five new University Hospital Institutes being set up through France’s stimulus scheme.

The technology is coming on apace, but Europe’s health services are not set up to get personalised healthcare to the patients.

A study funded under the ESTOOLS research programme has found that induced pluripotent stem cells may not provide such important disease models as first hoped.