Scientists in the two newest EU members may have more reason to cheer their accession than the farmers and labourers who were expected to benefit most.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

Sweden is investing €8.5 million in a new molecular medicine laboratory at Umeå University, focusing on infectious diseases.

Under pressure to demonstrate economic returns on research spending, the UK’s research councils are going to make academics think commercial and to cosy up to industry.

A conference in Brussels separates the fact from myth in technology transfer.