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US dominance in innovation can no longer be assumed, believe the CEOs of some of its leading technology companies. Competitiveness is set to be a key issue in the 2008 Presidential election

North Rhine–Westphalia’s Industrial Biotechnology Cluster took joint honours with the Hamburg region in German’s BioIndustry 2021 competition.

The European Union has announced pilot schemes aimed at bringing European and Australian and New Zealand researchers closer together.

In swelling its partners from 20 in 2000 to over 1,300 today, IBM has proved that its venture-partnering model can yield terrific results.

Is medical research worth the money? The UK Medical Research Council has commissioned to find out the answer.

Building the European Research Area should be paid for by Structural Funds not R&D programmes, says Science and Technology Commissioner Janez Potočnik

The EIT finally squeaks through the Brussels bureaucracy – but more dead than alive

The European Union inched closer to creating a European Institute of Technology this week, when ministers to dedicate up to €308.7 million to the project.

France’s new president aims to trigger the modernisation of its public research system with far-reaching reform of the university system.

A survey of applications filed at the European Patent Office finds the field of nanotechnology is splintered across a vast array of application areas.

After a decade of withering in the shade of genetically modified crops, plant sciences are back on the political agenda in Europe follow the launch this week of a new Strategic Research Agenda.