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As the Spanish goverment looks to reduce its budget deficit, government spending on R&D will fall by more than 8 per cent next year, according to one analysis.

The technology is making progress, but there are fears that commercialising solar energy is too dependent on fickle government policy and the price of oil.

A new book by Georges Haour and Laurent Miéville considers how companies can tap universities’ knowledge.

As an expert panel urges better EU handling of scientific data, Commissioner Kroes suggests Framework funding should also take account of it.

A recipient of one of the European Research Council’s first grants, Konstantin Novoselov, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on graphene.

Nine countries have signed up to construct the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, a particle accelerator to be located at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany.

The European Union puts research to increase the health span of its citizens at centre of new innovation strategy.

Economic recovery hinges on innovation. It follows that EU members must embrace the Innovation Union - providing funding - but most importantly, political support.

The Commission announces its largest annual spend on ICT research and tells the industry it must achieve a higher impact with the money.

Sixteen more ICT firms have signed up to the European Community’s voluntary code to reduce the electricity consumption of their equipment and data centres.

The Structural Genomics Consortium has announced the publication of its 1000th structure, of a protein known as JmjD2C.