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Don't fall in love with your technology, advises Dinko Valerio, a leading Dutch bio entrepreneur and VC.

When it comes to biotech, the public sector is forging ahead in terms of intellectual property outputs, but the lead taken by academic institutions is almost entirely limited to the US.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has donated €13.4 million to a new centre for protein research at the University of Copenhagen.

Manchester University is leading a £8.3 million project to develop a new type of particle accelerator adapted for applications in medicine and industry, and for basic research.

The Indian economy may be drawing nervous glances from Europe but its universities, famous for churning out 2.5 million graduates every year, are faltering.

An historic all-Ireland collaborative research partnership uniting universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic has been struck between Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD).

Two major Polish institutions, the universities of Warsaw and Wroclaw have joined forces to form PLERCIM, and the new body has become a member of ERCIM, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics.

Leading researchers seeking to stave off modern plagues are making progress in understanding the mechanisms of diseases such as influenza and anthrax.

As France goes to elect a new president, the leading engineering schools constituting ParisTech have obtained their first official recognition by the French government.

A report published by the European Science Foundation has showcased a number of options for peer review that could lead to a greater openness to innovative research.