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The Slovenian Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mojca Kucler Dolinar, has pledged to conclude adoption of the £400 million Eurostars initiative.

The European Institute of Technology moved a step forward when the Council of the EU gave the project the nod last week, paving the way for work to begin on the institute’s formation in the spring of 2008.

European Commission officials are studying ways to give R&D investment an additional boost from 2009, according to a senior EC research official.

The first full list of finalists from Brussels’ new research agency has plenty of surprises for research establishments.

Without open and competitive funding systems for research, universities will not be able to attract international talent and create mobility in the market for potential research talent, argues Katrien Maes from the League of European Research Universities.

Michal Brnušàk takes a look at the obstacles – and hopes – for commercialising research in Prague.

What possessed an eminent Edinburgh researcher to leave the senior common room and get hooked on starting new businesses?

An international research consortium has announced plans for a $50 million effort to create the most detailed and medically useful map of human genetic variation to date.