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Interim Director Jack Metthey tells Science|Business he is banishing the red tape that threatens to undermine the European Research Council’s hard-earned reputation for funding excellent research.

Financial services company Citi has opened a $24 million centre in Dublin to develop next-generation intelligent payments systems and other products.

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

The UK has began a consultation on a new system for assessing the quality of university research that will also take into account the quality of tech transfer.

Ireland has become the first Member State to link its national qualifications to the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning.

Cancer research is not pursuing advances in knowledge likely to have the biggest impact on combating the disease in the next few decades, conference hears.

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.

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.

A database published today will help newer EU members devise strategies to support the growth of their biotech sectors.

The European Patent Office has published the names of the four candidates who will be interviewed for the post of President, which falls vacant on 1 July 2010.

The Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology has named Gérard de Nazelle, from Shell, as the first director.