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  • Pay comparisons: Are you paid as much as other professionals?
    [more information] There have been few global comparisons of academic salaries around the world, but new research paints a picture of a profession…

  • Australian ICT Research and Cooperation priorities
    [more information] Australia remains a strategic location for ICT activities with a global and regional focus and many global ICT companies have…

  • Austerity threatens autonomy, EUA warns
    [more information] An authoritative study of university autonomy across 26 European countries has found “worrying signs” that the economic…

  • R&D investment scoreboard: measuring the world’s R&D appetite
    [more information] The annual “EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard” measures the appetite of the world’s largest R&D investors…

  • Pigment production, the 100,000-year-old way
    [more information] How humans source, combine and store substances that help drive both social and technology practices is a testament to how the…

  • Showcasing Excellence in Biomedical Research: Australia-France Symposium
    [more information] The Australian Academy of Science and the Embassy of France in Canberra are organising a symposium to explore the very latest in…

  • French Ministers divided on foreign student rules
    [more information] Laurent Wauquiez (pictured), France’s minister for higher education and research, is embroiled in a row with Claude Guéant,…

  • Scientists unwrap mystery of world's first explorers
    [more information] An international team of scientists has discovered that Aboriginal Australians descend directly from an early human expansion…

  • Scientists penetrate ancient cranium with sophisticated technology
    [more information] More than 80 scientists from Australia, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States have…

  • What role for the EU in an era of austerity?
    [more information] How does the recession affect higher education in Europe and what impact will it have in the future? Public funding represents…

  • Researchers make case for continuation of innovative virtual patient project
    [more information] A pilot EU project that could revolutionise medical care was presented to policymakers and researchers at a hearing on Tuesday…

  • Internationalisation moves into a new phase
    [more information] The current state of international higher education is under discussion. What are the perils and pitfalls for international…

  • Living out Einstein's dreams - French researchers make quantum breakthrough
    [more information] A team of EU-funded researchers has, for the first time, successfully carried out a constant stabilisation experiment of a…

  • Scientists suggest European-tree-killing pathogen endemic to California
    [more information] An international team of scientists has potentially unearthed the source of the fungus that has been killing trees in six…

  • Industry and academic actors from chemistry world agree on new bioactive molecule standard
    [more information] Representatives of pharmaceutical companies, data resource providers and academic groups have come to an agreement on a new…

  • New approach to sustain ‘forage’ fishing
    [more information] Reduced catches of small oceanic ‘forage’ fish like sardines and anchovies may be required in some ocean areas in order to…

  • High-end summer school fosters pan-European scientific cooperation
    [more information] This week 200 students and experts are meeting at a European summer school for advanced computer architecture in the Italian…

  • Pacific and European researchers meet in Brisbane for bi-regional dialogue
    [more information] The first bi-regional platform of the PACE-Net project was held last week in Brisbane with more than 60 participants from…

  • Cattle plague's defeat holds valuable lessons
    [more information] Lessons learned from the recently successful 50-year campaign to rid the world of cattle plague (rinderpest), could assist in…

  • Space rock passes through satellite belt
    [more information] Astronomers around the world breathed a sigh of relief last Monday night when an asteroid passed within 12,000 kilometres of…

  • EU project spotlights CO2 storage in marine ecosystems
    [more information] Making the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) environmentally safe is high on the EU agenda. Officials, researchers and…

  • JRC launches the “Technology Transfer Offices Circle”
    [more information] In line with one of the commitments of the Innovation Union Communication, the JRC has launched the “TTO (Technology Transfer…

  • Life in extreme environments paves the way for international collaboration: New roadmap for research launched
    [more information] Life thriving in deserts, the Polar Regions and the deep sea is the focus of a report released today by the CAREX project,…

  • Europe: Evaluation reveals main beneficiaries of FP7
    [more information] The European Commission has published an interim evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme, FP7. It lists the 50…

  • A clearer view of earth observation data, the EU way
    [more information] Relevant facts, readily accessible in a user-friendly format: big decisions should be based on sound information. An EU-funded…