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A transatlantic collaboration that will systematically uncover the function of human genes and make the findings public got under way earlier this month.

Just over half of Europe’s scientifically qualified work force is female, but fewer than one in three of Europe’s professional scientists and technologists are women...

Germany is poised to begin the great sell-off of its university hospitals. What will this mean for the research and development they carry out?

The EU backed Innovative Medicines Initiative has updated its strategic research agenda, outlining strategies to overcome 'bottlenecks' to efficient R&D for new medicines.

Glasgow University has introduced an online licensing agreement system on its technology commercialisation web site in a bid to make it easier for SMEs to access its research

The big event in the Open Source community this week is Microsoft's Open Specification Promise, published on Microsoft's web site on September 12. What Microsoft promises is that no developer or programmer will be harassed or sued for infringement of 35 patents Microsoft holds in the area of web services specifications, if he/she uses those specifications to develop open-source applications.

The European Commission has launched a long-planned autumn push towards revamping its technology policies with a 10-point programme.