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Luxembourg is to invest €140 million over five years in a bid to become a centre of excellence in molecular medicine, partnering with three leading US institutions to help achieve the aim.

South African scientists will gain access to European molecular biology research through the European Molecular Biology Organization after their government signed a cooperation agreement.

ICAMS, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation established with a €24 million contribution from leading German firms, has been officially opened by the Ruhr University.

Brussels is abuzz with speculation that Europe’s fragmented, costly and complex patent regime is about to reform – aided by advances in machine translation. But support is not unanimous.

Alternative Dispute Resolution can help keep litigation costs down and reach a speedy conclusion to a dispute.

The first pan-European awards programme to recognise academic entrepreneurs was launched yesterday at INSEAD’s Europe campus, Fontainebleau, by the Science|Business Innovation Board.

Why does Germany have such an under developed venture capital market? Science|Business speaks to Rolf Dienst, one of the country’s most prominent VCs.

A long-time Cinderella, the biotechnology sector in Italy now has a turnover of more than 10 billion euros. It may now be poised to make its mark internationally.

Four of the UK’s Research Councils have come together to invest £890,000 in new projects designed to rapidly build the expertise and capacity in the emerging field of synthetic biology.

On current growth rates China will overtake the US to become the world’s largest patent filing jurisdiction by 2012, according to market analysts Evalueserve.

The Joint Technology Initiative on fuel cells and hydrogen now has the go-ahead from the Commission, with the first call for proposals expected later in the year.

Stakeholders from national bodies, social partners and industry met up this week to consider how best to implement the European Qualifications Framework.