Investors search for returns in Personalised Medicine
Cost conundrum: the investment in clinical trials remains the same but approved drugs will have a smaller market. So how is Personalised Medicine to be financed? more...
ACES: Water treatment made easy
With 20 years of experience behind him, ACES winner Nigel Brown believes companies today spend too much money – and energy – on water purification. more...
Former dean: ‘mistake’ was made, but dismissal ‘out of proportion’
Karl Tryggvason, former Dean of Research at Karolinska, admits a ‘mistake’ but tells Science|Business it wasn’t a sacking offence. more...
Iceland still top as US, UK, Germany slip down INSEAD global innovation rankings
Despite the banking crisis, Iceland has maintained its top position in the innovation rankings published by the French business school INSEAD. more...
New EUA report underlines impact of Bologna reforms on Europe’s universities
Closer links are needed to ensure a coherent policy approach and to achieve the goal of developing a European-wide knowledge economy, says a new report. more...
New training and conference centre opens at EMBL in Heidelberg
German Minister Annette Schavan has officially opened the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg. more...
No need to sacrifice food for fuel, say bioenergy experts
European bioenergy experts have hit out at mounting skepticism, saying that 20 per cent of Europe’s energy demands could be met by sustainable biofuels by 2050. more...
Commission announces €18M flu research projects
The European Commission has announced the results of an €18 million call for proposals for new research projects in flu. more...
Europe 2020: Let them eat words
A new ‘vision’ from Brussels offers something for everyone – including research and innovation. But in the end, it comes off as empty rhetoric. more...
