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Science|Business-led consortium highlights latest research into diet and nutrition

Finger is pointed at former vice chancellors and at a bunker mentality, which meant warnings about stem cell scientist’s competence and scientific rigour went unheeded for too long

Canatu Oy manufactures flexible and formable carbon nanomaterial films and touch sensors targeted for touch displays.

A group of researchers at Chalmers University, Department of Physics, has discovered a completely new way of using lasers to accelerate ion beams. In time, the new technique could possibly give more people access to advanced cancer treatment. The results were recently published in the high impact journal Physical Review Letters.

Over the past few weeks, serious doubt has emerged regarding figures featuring in several Molecular Biology publications.

Japanese government memo calls for an end to the uncertainty and sets out requirements of Japanese companies if they are to remain invested in the UK. The demands include the UK continuing to have access to EU R&D funds

Leaked papers reveal data analytics start-ups would not benefit from new text and mining rules, however

Effort aims to increase applications from countries whose researchers do not traditionally win much funding from the basic research funder

Leading European equity crowdfunding platform publishes an analysis of all deals to date, giving insights into the profile of investors and types of companies funded

Europe currently allows industry to set most of the research targets in aviation. This is limiting creativity in the field and leaving the skies open for countries including China to make the big science strides in the future, says Spiros Pantelakis

The humanoid robot FACE developed at the University of Pisa appeared in the reaction video of the movie “Morgan”, produced by Ridely Scott, which will be launched on 2 September

Innovation is at the heart of UCL’s ethos: as part of UCL2034 we have committed to build on our current activities to enhance creation of societal and economic value from our research and innovation.

Bruegel think-tank proposes a new plan for Britain which would limit researcher mobility but give greater influence over rule-making than is traditionally offered to non-EU members

After intensive work over the summer, the sector will launch its transition programme tomorrow and present it to the government next week

Ideas to boost transatlantic collaboration include opening up of research programmes, access to, and co-funding of research infrastructure, and more open access to data

Promising discovery by Neurimmune Therapeutics, published in Nature, supports the further development of the treatment

This year’s Shanghai Ranking has just been published, with Cambridge and Oxford the only EU institutions in the top 10. The US continues to dominate as universities in China and Singapore make the top 100 for the first time

Scientists should continue to apply for Horizon 2020 grants. Any projects that go on after the UK leaves the EU will be funded from national sources, the UK government says

New strategies of making steel production more efficient have been discovered, thanks to research led by WMG at the University of Warwick on the role of oxidation during alloy additions