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The EU and Japan have agreed to strengthen their collaboration in research, signing a Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement.

In the first agreement of its kind, the NIA and the BBSRC are to jointly fund ageing research projects with a total value of £4 million.

The UK government’s efforts to close the funding gap mean that VC investing is dominated by public sector funds, says a new research study.

As the Industry, Research and Energy Committee reforms, Science|Business talks to Maria da Graça Carvalho about the committee’s new priorities.

Half way through its ten-year plan, the UK government claims to be making “good progress” in creating the right conditions for the knowledge-based economy.

The reshuffling of EU portfolios brings ‘innovation’ to the policy fore – but we are waiting for details (if they exist) of how it will all work, write Richard L. Hudson and Nuala Moran.