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An international agency should be set up to coordinate moves to combat global warming, says John Browne, former chief executive of oil giant BP.

A new database is designed to boost cooperation between researchers across the European Union and eastern Europe.

The UK government has opened a public consultation on proposals to introduce fast-track processing services for patent and trade mark applications.

The European Parliament gave its formal blessing to the launch of a new pan-European technology institute next year – but insisted that it include “innovation” in the title.

The technology transfer arm of Imperial College London reported rapid growth in its investment portfolio in its first full year as a publicly traded company.

Today France Biotech celebrates its tenth birthday at the Eurobio Show in Lille. And the picture has never been rosier.

Nordforsk, the funding agency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, has funded the coordination of a network on biomedical imaging.

The UK Conservative Party has joined the tidal wave of opinion arguing that the European Union needs to use its public procurement budget to drive innovation.

Plans to create a European Research Area put too much stress on research and not enough on innovation, says the Eureka secretariat.

The multidisciplinary nature of research in nanosciences and nanotechnologies will result in a sharp increase in European funding, the Commission has said.

If the UK government truly believes universities are central not only to the economy, but the fabric of society, it must set them free, says Professor Rick Trainor, President of Universities UK.