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Research Councils UK launched a scheme to help universities and research institutions fill skills gaps with scientists who have proven track records in industry and business.

Germany is to intensify its international training of PhD researchers, setting up seven International Research Training Groups, including the first such group in India.

A new report calls into question moves to create elite universities that generate high level research but neglect their role in education.

The Future Delivery of Medicine: technology is delivering huge potential to improve treatments, but can we afford it?

Converging technologies are changing the face of healthcare. What is the role of industry in driving this change, and how can the public and private sectors work together?

The EU's flagships for industry/academic collaboration risk putting off researchers because the European Union won't fund more than 20 percent of overhead costs say research organisations.

Advanced grants for interdisciplinary research were awarded at the end of last week, completing the first wave of financing undertaken by the recently formed European Research Council (ERC).

The European Commission announces an overall community strategy to coordinate research, diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.

The UK has brought in new rules it says will make it easier to get permissions to carry out clinical trials of medical devices, such as hip and knee replacements, pacemakers and stents.

Philips Research has opened a new research lab on the Cambridge Science Park.

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) announced that a new centre for neuroprostheses will open its doors in January 2009 with backing from the Bertarelli Foundation and the Defitech Foundation.

Whether someone will become an entrepreneur may be down to whether they make risky decisions. And for those without this innate ability, teaching or drugs could help enhance entrepreneurial skills.

24 academic entrepreneurs have been chosen as among the best in Europe in the first ACES Academic Enterprise Awards competition.