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The recent death of ‘fractal’ scientist Benoit Mandelbrot highlights the importance of having plenty of cross-disciplinary ‘agitators’ in our age of specialised big science.

PARADIGM, an international R&D project to standardise the development and production of optical chips, has begun.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is to set up a biotechnology laboratory in Chile, its first research centre in South America, following an agreement with the Chilean government.

The UK government has given the go-ahead to £200 million programme to develop technology and innovation centres modelled on Germany’s Fraunhofer Centres.

Europe’s research and technology organisations make an annual economic impact of up to €40 billion, but, says a new report, they are not getting the recognition they deserve.

It's a 10% cut in real terms, but UK science wins the argument over its contribution to economic growth.

In the second part of its series looking at science in Spain, Science|Business looks at how facing up to budget cuts has put the spotlight on structural reform.

The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of databases, but there are no long-term plans for maintaining them, or providing access, say researchers.

The European Research Council (ERC) is awarding €580 million to 427 early-career researchers in its third round of Starting Grants.