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Greece’s research base is crumbling and the brightest minds brain draining away, many warn. Science|Business talks to two representative researchers about what should be done

The Finnish government’s ‘Young Innovative Firms’ initiative delivers substantial value for money, says report

AstraZeneca and the University of Cambridge today announced three new joint schemes to support more than 80 PhD scholarships and eight clinical lectureships over the next five years spanning translational science, basic and clinical research.

King’s College London has unveiled plans to create an innovative Science Gallery in the heart of London that will attract more than 300,000 visitors a year.

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is to be part of the new revolutionary EPSRC UK-RAS Network, which brings together the UK’s core academic capabilities in robotic innovation under national coordination for the first time.

It’s getting harder to win EU research money, as the application ‘avalanche’ keeps on rolling

2-stage reviews, an emphasis on ‘impact’, are among steps now underway, says EU research chief Smits

Sentinel-2A will orbit the planet beaming back images of food crops, forests, coastal waters and natural disasters

Europe needs a mandatory exception to let scientists mine publicly-funded research locked up in the online databases of academic content. The recent EU Parliamentary vote does not provide this, says Paul Ayris, Director of Library Services at University College London

Scientists at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have managed to build a fully functional neuron by using organic bioelectronics. This artificial neuron contain no ‘living’ parts, but is capable of mimicking the function of a human nerve cell and communicate in the same way as our own neurons do.

Speaking at ESADE, Wallapop CEO Agustín Gómez said "We're the latest wave of Spanish start-ups aiming for the global premier league of business."

On 3 June, member universities of the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) gathered in Barcelona to discuss the role of universities in regional smart specialisation strategies in Europe.

The 5G technology entering the market at the end of the decade may make denial-of-service attacks impossible.

EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players, and ESA, the European Space Agency, have announced to have entered into a wide-ranging agreement to help start-up entrepreneurs, active in space related activities professionalize their businesses and value propositions, all the while encouraging and inspiring private and public investors to see space related businesses as a most attractive investment opportunity and asset class.

University of Twente launches a student-run fund to back its spin-outs

23 Aalto researchers receive Academy Project funding for research in natural sciences and engineering

The Royal Society has announced a fellowship grants, aimed at strengthening links between academia and industry, to Dr Nathan Griffiths from the University of Warwick’s Department of Computer Science.

From time to time the idea of introducing anti-dilution provisions into university spin-out company shareholder agreements re-emerges for discussion.

His five-year period as dean starts on 1 August 2015.

EU moves to make data mining by researchers exempt from copyright law would not remove the technical barriers. The right way to open up this resource is through a single sign-on licensing service, says Duncan Campbell, Director at John Wiley & Sons