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With £125 billion a year to throw around, shouldn't the UK government think "innovation" a bit more when it opens the public purse? NESTA thinks so.

You would think that the launch of Framework 7 would be an opportunity to publicise the virtues of science. On the other hand, if you’re the UK government, maybe not.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

Innovation policy needs to be tailored to take account of complexity and prevent neighbouring regions competing for the same resources

We would like to bring you news of the UK launch of Framework Programme 7, but we can’t because the press was not invited to the event. Instead, here’s the media release.

A nuclear research facility is to be established in the north of England with £20 million from the University of Manchester and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Exclusive: Cambridge Enterprise, after a 45 per cent revenue rise, is seeking extra funding for its university spin-outs

New guidelines for scientists involved in human embryonic stem cell research call for special scrutiny of the work, and specify ethical standards.

Sweden is investing €8.5 million in a new molecular medicine laboratory at Umeå University, focusing on infectious diseases.

Scientists in the two newest EU members may have more reason to cheer their accession than the farmers and labourers who were expected to benefit most.