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Framework for the future

Peer reviewed grants may not be the best way to deliver breakthrough research, says Microsoft’s Craig Mundie. Change is needed for Framework Programme 8.

27 Jan 2010

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Framework for the future - A symposium on new directions for EU R&D funding

With a new Parliament and Commission in office, the debate over the future of the Framework programme moves to the top of the innovation-policy agenda in Brussels.

26 Jan 2010

Mission of Norway to the EU

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Consumers should care

The new Health and Consumer Care Commissioner John Dalli is right to put patients first, but that means tending to pharma too, writes Nuala Moran.

20 Jan 2010

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Greening the economy

A new integrated industrial strategy will deliver growth whilst tackling climate change, promises Commissioner-designate Antonio Tajani.

20 Jan 2010

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GSK backs open innovation strategy on treatments for neglected tropical diseases

GlaxoSmithKline is to establish an ‘Open Lab’ with $8 million funding to carry out research into neglected tropical diseases.

20 Jan 2010

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Germany’s Rhine-Main-Neckar region christened Europe’s Silicon Valley

The Rhine-Main-Neckar region around Frankfurt is Europe’s leading software cluster with €12.5 billion in software-related revenues, says a new survey.

20 Jan 2010

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Bioamber commissions world’s first renewable succinic acid plant

Industrial biotechnology company Bioamber has announced the successful start-up and commissioning of the world’s first bio-based succinic acid plant.

20 Jan 2010

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Israeli high-tech venture capital fell 46% in 2009

In 2009, 447 Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.12 billion from local and foreign venture investors, 46 per cent below 2008 levels.

20 Jan 2010

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European partners join forces to increase the use of electric vehicles

The EVA consortium has submitted a proposal, coordinated by the city of Rotterdam, to advance the use of electric vehicles across Europe.

20 Jan 2010

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Nanomicroscopy centre opens in Finland

Otaniemi is now home to Finland’s Nanomicroscopy Centre. Set up to research both nanomaterials and biomaterials, it is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

20 Jan 2010

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Comments invited on latest draft of e-IRG Roadmap

The body responsible for planning Europe’s electronic infrastructures for the research community is inviting comments on the present version of its roadmap.

20 Jan 2010

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Liverpool University to lead £5.3M virtual engineering centre

A new centre for virtual engineering to support the aerospace sector is to be set up at Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire.

20 Jan 2010

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Yorkshire to host £50M low carbon research centre

A new £50 million research centre is to be set up in Yorkshire, UK, to develop clean technologies and help in the reduction of carbon emissions.

20 Jan 2010

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Framework for the future

Framework for the future - A symposium on new directions for EU R&D funding

Consumers should care

Greening the economy

GSK backs open innovation strategy on treatments for neglected tropical diseases

Germany’s Rhine-Main-Neckar region christened Europe’s Silicon Valley

Bioamber commissions world’s first renewable succinic acid plant

Israeli high-tech venture capital fell 46% in 2009

European partners join forces to increase the use of electric vehicles

Nanomicroscopy centre opens in Finland

Comments invited on latest draft of e-IRG Roadmap

Liverpool University to lead £5.3M virtual engineering centre

Yorkshire to host £50M low carbon research centre

Alstom and Schneider set up €70M cleantech fund

Politecnico di Milano: New hydrogels for cell housing

Oxford: new process for carbon capture and storage

EMPA: improved technology for frequency modulated halftoning

Bern University: New peptide for the promotion of cell adhesion and cell growth

EBS raises €3M for brain therapy device

High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Raumfield’s home audio system

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