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‘Bolder, better, bigger’

Strengthen research policy and step up the building of the European Research Area, Janez Potočnik tells ministers as he comes to the end his term as Commissioner
30 Sep 2009

WIPO to simplify design registration

The countries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation last week suspended the earliest of the three acts that govern the International Deposit of Industrial Designs.
30 Sep 2009

Cyber security centre opens in Belfast

A £25 million centre at Queen’s University Belfast will gather together expertise in data security, network security, wireless network enabled systems and surveillance intelligence systems.
30 Sep 2009

Biotech’s new climate

Europe needs to expand its focus in biotech beyond healthcare, and apply it as a tool to fight climate change, a conference in Barcelona heard.
23 Sep 2009

ETH VP resigns over falsified research

One of Europe’s pre-eminent figures in university technology transfer is standing down as Vice President of Research at ETH Zurich after data were shown to have been falsified.
23 Sep 2009