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A national centre for sequencing plant, animal and microbial genomes is to be set up by the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

The Internet search engine giant Google is setting up a venture capital arm, Google Ventures, with $100 million to invest in the first year.

The expert panel appointed to review the structure and operations of the European Research Council has begun to consult research organisations.

Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, is joining forces with Singapore-based Atlantis to develop tidal power generation projects in Europe.

Biotech organisations in the UK have expressed anger at a tripling of the license fees charged by the Human Tissue Authority, the UK's regulator.

The precarious position of the UK’s life sciences sector is underlined by fundraising failures among 295 of its members.

A harmonised European patents regime has come one tiny step closer, with a recommendation of what the Unified Patent Litigation System should look like.