A new Science|Business analysis puts the spotlight on the most innovative clusters in Europe, uncovering what it takes to translate research from bench to bedside and highlighting the crucial need for policy support, innovation pull, and access to finance
Not content with helping his country throw off Soviet shackles and lay the ground for the tech revolution dubbed ‘E-stonia’, Jaak Aaviksoo is returning to school to help steer a new generation into doing it all over again
This study offers an overview of the leading life sciences innovation hubs across Europe – some of which are also world leaders. It can form the basis for setting out a strategy for systematic engagement with Europe’s leading scientists, to enrich discovery research and generate innovation.
German physicist Christiane Heinicke is spending one year as a pretend-astronaut in a Mars simulation. She talks to Science|Business about her motivation for helping to prepare humans mentally for an historic journey to the red planet
Joint letter in August reveals European Institute of Innovation and Technology chiefs disagree with proposed changes to how their innovation clusters would operate. EIT says it's 'finalising the agreements'
The annual QS league table shows Asian institutes are making big gains. Meanwhile, Reuters launches its inaugural rankings, where universities with particular emphasis on science and technology score high
The latest Business Incubation Centre of CERN technologies (BIC) agreement was signed today in conjunction with the Helsinki Institute of Physics (link is external) and Tampere University of Technology
The University of Basel, the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich will together launch a new course of study in medicine. Participants would study at ETH Zurich for their bachelor’s degrees and go on to complete a master’s degree at one of the partner universities
His robot can build ‘children’ without human command, but Luzius Brodbeck says it demonstrates that creating truly sophisticated robots is so difficult there is no need to worry about them taking over the world
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