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US-Norwegian philanthropist Fred Kavli is to endow the Centre for the Biology of Memory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Two research facilities in Berlin are to merge, bringing together two complementary radiation sources and providing scientists with better research tools.

The EU industry body for bioindustries has responded to the energy and climate change package currently under discussion in the European Parliament.

France is ready to break a linguistic obstacle that has for decades burdened patent applicants wanting to use their inventions across Europe.

Don’t mistake science policy for innovation policy, says Richard Halkett,from NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

What price excellence? Qatar’s Sidra Medical and Research Centre has $7.9 billion to build a world class institution. But is money enough to bridge the gap?

When Lita Nelsen, director of MIT’s technology licensing office, is asked whether MIT has an incubator, she responds, “Yes, it’s called the city of Cambridge.” Lori Valigra looks at how MIT's environment drives entrepreneurship.

There is a duty to inform the public about nuclear power. But don’t expect that will make them love it.

The number of spin-off companies with links to higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK is on the rise, according to a new report.

The European Commission has authorized the Euro120 million that Germany intends to grant to start THESEUS, a research project for developing and testing new search technologies for the next generation Internet.

The European Science Foundation has managed to preserve its contract to manage COST, (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) under the Seventh Framework Programme, agreeing a Euro 210 million deal with the European Commission.

The UK's seven research councils have set out a strategy to internationalise their activities to pull in more researchers from overseas and enable cross country funding of projects.