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The French presidential election is unlike any previous one: this time, both right and left are hoisting research policy to the top of their agendas.

As the German presidency gets into its stride, Framework Programme 7 was officially launched last week, with a two day event in Bonn.

The Czech Republic has capped off a series of investments by US software companies with the news that Red Hat is to set up a development centre in Brno.

A shortage of later stage projects is forcing companies hunt further down the drug discovery ladder. Now the Wellcome Trust is injecting charitable money to fill the holes.

Science is an international affair, of course. But a few recent news tidbits highlight just how fast that international dimension is expanding.

The company may top the US's patents league, but IBM still thinks the system is broken.

Check out the research grants to get some insights into what it will take to commercialise polymer electronics.

New research suggests that the majority of start-ups offer products or services that are not new to the market.

Matching consumer demand with R&D may seem like an obvious starting point for innovation. But it has proven a transient goal for many countries and companies.

The DETECT-it 2 project aims to find opportunities for SMEs to participate in the first call of the 7th Framework Programme.

2006 was a record year for patents covering financial innovations.

Industry in Europe and elsewhere will need to act in concert to apply the recommendations iof the report into the disastrous TGN 1412 drugs trial.

The latest OECD research on Japan provides a warning to Europe that merely spending more does not make innovation spring forth.

Seven of London’s leading medical research institutions created an independent company to broker partnerships in the field of genetics and genomics.

As Germany takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union from Finland, there's little evidence of new thinking about innovation.

For research investors, 2006 was the year that the European train finally started to leave the station. The new year will tell whether it’s going anywhere worth visiting.