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The largest international science project since the Space Station has finally got the go-ahead after ten years of discussions.

The spending of the top 1,000 R&D spenders rose by more than $20 billion in 2005. But spending alone can’t buy effective innovation, global study.

French president Jacques Chirac pledged €3 billion for innovative start-ups. But can France’s venture capital community manage this largesse?

The League of European Research Universities wants public services to put 2.5 per cent of their external R&D budgets into start-ups.

The European Commission's Director-General for Education has given the most detailed timeline yet for the planned new European Institute of Technology.

One of the most contentious pieces of legislation ever proposed by the EU is going ahead after the European Parliament finally approved it.

After a week when the media were full of ideas for developing safer nanotechnology, one country leaps into the vanguard with a programme to develop weapons based on nanotechnology.