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As the Spanish goverment looks to reduce its budget deficit, government spending on R&D will fall by more than 8 per cent next year, according to one analysis.

The technology is making progress, but there are fears that commercialising solar energy is too dependent on fickle government policy and the price of oil.

A new book by Georges Haour and Laurent Miéville considers how companies can tap universities’ knowledge.

As an expert panel urges better EU handling of scientific data, Commissioner Kroes suggests Framework funding should also take account of it.

Revolymer Ltd launched its non-stick and biodegradable chewing gum in the US this week, five years after being spun out of Bristol University.

The Finnish research institution VTT has teamed up with chemicals company Kemira to set up the Centre of Water Efficiency Excellence in São Paulo.

A recipient of one of the European Research Council’s first grants, Konstantin Novoselov, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on graphene.

The German Research Foundation has opened a new era in collaboration between science and industry, signing a cooperation agreement with software manufacturer SAP.

Nine countries have signed up to construct the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, a particle accelerator to be located at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany.