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For a snapshot of what the European Research Area might look like, check the latest European Research Council Awards to young scientists, writes Nuala Moran.

Ten leading organisations from the UK higher education and research sector have joined forces to push for Open Access to research papers.

In an unexpected change of heart, the US government has reversed its previous and long-held stance that genes can be patented.

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.