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In a new initiative, the European Research Council is to offer its grant holders more money to carry out proof of concept work and speed basic research to market

The European Patent Office and Google have today (24 March) signed a long term agreement and unveiled more details of the plan to set up a machine translation service for patents

The UK government has responded to pressure and agreed to set up an independent agency to improve and simplify governance and regulation and shorten the time to getting approval for clinical trials

The UK’s science-based businesses will find much to welcome in the 2011 budget. But there are still many challenges ahead if the country is to unlock the vast potential of small and early-stage technology companies, says Jonathan Ware of the consultancy PLMR

The Court of Justice of the European Union recently ruled communications with in-house counsel during antitrust investigations are not protected from disclosure by a legal professional privilege. This has implications not only for European lawyers, but for lawyers everywhere involved in EU law.

A new scheme will offer funding for small companies to carry out research and development on products, processes and services

The Indian government and the World International Property Organisation will work together to prevent biopiracy and help countries protect herbal remedies, plant lore and other traditions

The German carmaker is teaming up with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg Launch to launch a PhD research group specialising in electric vehicles

For the first time the general public will have access to information on all trials running in Europe

A multinational database on ageing is first to become a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, a new legal status that will be an important building block of the European Research Area