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Researchers have established the International Human Microbiome Consortium to help further our understanding of the role of microbes in health and disease.

Computer science experts from Goldsmiths University in London and University College London (UCL) have initiated a project that will combine expertise from both universities.

With an estimated 40 per cent of the EU population lacking computer skills, it’s no wonder that the European Commission is launching a series of initiatives to promote digital literacy.

Cash-rich pharma is dropping any pretence they are buying cash-strapped biotech for access to innovative technology. What it wants is products. Let’s hope it doesn’t suffocate the feedstock of innovation in the process.

Austrian MEP Paul Rübig received the European Patent Office’s 2008 award for Research & Innovation in recognition of his strong advocacy for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Two of the UK’s publicly funded nanotechtechnology promotion bodies have joined forces to speed the development of applications in regenerative medicine, diagnostics, imaging and drug discovery.

The first concrete result of work launched by the International Organization for Standardization in 2005 to develop standards for nanotechnologies has arrived.