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New members for DFG’s Senate

Germany’s largest research funding organisation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, elected eight new members to its Senate at its general assembly in Bonn.

The third equity gap

It’s not enough to spin companies out and build them as national enterprises, says Imperial College Pro Rector Tidu Maini. The challenge is to go global – we need to scale up our thinking on science.

US feels the pressure as others get innovative

US dominance in innovation can no longer be assumed, believe the CEOs of some of its leading technology companies. Competitiveness is set to be a key issue in the 2008 Presidential election

Hands off Europe’s R&D funding

Building the European Research Area should be paid for by Structural Funds not R&D programmes, says Science and Technology Commissioner Janez Potočnik