If elevator pitches are stressful, sub-zero ones are even more so. Later this month 20 thick-skinned entrepreneurs will get into an ice hole in Finland to convince investors to finance their dreams
Better use of support mechanisms put in place by the European Medicines Agency has increased the success rate of SMEs applying for approval of new medicines
The push to share data is seldom seen through the eyes of scientists. A new study assesses opinions of five European research groups, to inform policy on how to incentivise data sharing
International R&D funding bodies should contribute to a single fund to develop new antibiotics, says an independent commission established by UK government to draw up a global plan to deal with antimicrobial resistance
New study calls for more public involvement in the design of big data medical research projects such as DNA databanks and epidemiological studies based on healthcare records, allowing research to continue whilst protecting individual privacy
The decision to scrap the post of chief scientific adviser was “particularly disturbing” and risks ceding ground to vested interests. The EU must have a new source of impartial scientific advice, Roberto Bertollini tells Science|Business
The University of Warwick is one five universities announced today, Wednesday 28th January, by the Rt. Hon. Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, as leaders of the prestigious new Alan Turing Institute.
Researchers at the University of Warwick have won a £12 Million award to create a new Centre to develop advanced technologies in synthetic biology. This research will help drive advances in pharmaceuticals, high-value and commodity chemicals, innovative treatments for disease, environmental bioremediation, and food security. It will also play a major role in helping us achieve a much better understanding of some of the key principles underpinning living systems.
Karolinska Institutet is to set up its own research base in Hong Kong. This initiative is made possible by a donation of USD 50 million, equivalent to SEK 400 million, by Hong Kong-based businessman Ming Wai Lau. This is one of the largest private donations ever received by Karolinska Institutet
But in a time of dwindling resources in Europe and beyond, new energy technologies and processes must have efficiency as their watchword, says David Eyton, group head of technology at BP
On 14 november 2014, Science|Business organised a summit on the EU energy Challenge, gathering 170 experts from across europe and beyond in academia, industry and policy to debate the answers to those questions and develop insights and recommendations for the european Commission. The summit capped a series of eight high-level academic policy symposia focused on the eu energy R&D challenge, supported by BP.
With Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas expected to devise ways to ensure EU policy benefits from scientific insight in the next few months, thoughts turn to what form the advice will take, and how to avoid the banana skins of the past
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