The European Research Council says its first batch of proposals from older scientists was excellent, with a broad range of nationalities – but not enough women.
The business intelligence software company Business Objects is to invest €29 million in establishing an R&D Centre in Ireland employing 100 researchers.
Industrial giant GE has based one of its three global R&D Centres in Munich. Centre head Carlos Härtel gives Science|Business an insight into the research that goes on there.
A single structure for start-up companies is critical for innovation, said Commissioner Charlie McCreevy at the launch of the Small Business Act for Europe.
Manchester University has won €5 million to begin joint planning of how millions of samples can be managed and made available to research scientists across Europe.
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