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  • Greek Universities face grave financial threat
    [more information] Universities and higher education institutions in Greece that have not held elections for the composition of their new…

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

  • 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…

  • Can Greece afford science?
    [more information] Greece is the first country to seek help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/EU austerity package following a disastrous…

  • EU targets open access to FP7-funded research
    [more information] Creating and maintaining a strong network for European research cooperation is high on the EU agenda. Helping drive this effort…

  • Innovation Union: three new European research infrastructures on wind, solar and nuclear energy announced
    [more information] Research Ministers of the EU Member States and Associated Countries, together with the European Commission, are announcing in…

  • Why SMEs succeed in EU research projects
    [more information] What are the performance factors that strengthen participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the health and…

  • 2009 Regional Innovation Scoreboard: diversity across Europe
    [more information] The level of innovation in regions varies considerably across almost all EU countries. This is one of the main findings of the…

  • COOPCOM: European research on cooperative and opportunistic wireless communications
    [more information] Cooperation and opportunism are two concepts that have recently revolutionized the way engineers think about wireless system…

  • Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne tops ERC grants
    [more information] Even if the final results of the 2009 European Research Council Starting grants selection has yet to be published, the EPFL in…

  • The BIO CIRCLE network
    [more information] Biocircle newsletters
      Issues #2: November 2009 (www.biocircle-project.eu/dnn4/nletupload/Newsletter2_FINAL.pdf) Issues #1:…

  • Researchers use nanoparticles to target tumours
    [more information] A group of European universities are banding together to create potentially valuable nanotechnology that could help…

  • Flemish research goes international
    [more information] VIB is a non-profit research institute for trailblazing research in the life sciences. VIB scientists study the…

  • New supercomputer JUGENE goes online
    [more information] An official ceremony on 22 February marked the inauguration of the fastest civil supercomputer in the world at the moment. The…

  • Europe speeds up industrial research in Micro-Computers
    [more information] The European Commission is launching today a major Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) called ARTEMIS. With an unprecedented…

  • Europe boosts industrial research in Nano-electronics
    [more information] An unprecedented €3 billion will be invested in nanoelectronics, with the launch today of a major Joint Technology Initiative…

  • EU researchers earn less than their counterparts in the USA, Australia, Japan and India
    [more information] A study on researchers’ salaries carried out for the European Commission shows that the average salary for EU researchers is…

  • BioPolis report on public biotech R&D released
    [more information] To gain a better understanding of what is happening in the dynamic field of biotechnology in Europe, the European Commission has…

  • Pan-European supercomputer comes a step closer to reality
    [more information] European researchers will soon have access to a world-class high performance computing infrastructure, thanks to the new…

  • Germany introduces EU scientific visa law
    [more information] The German Government agreed an amendment to its immigration law on 28 March, making it easier for third country researchers to…

  • New researchers to tap into international networks
    [more information] The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, today announced Australian Government funding of…

  • Descartes prizes awarded to outstanding projects and communicators
    [more information] Researchers responsible for a method of producing hydrogen using water and the sun, a new telescope system and new knowledge on…

  • Europe’s innovation gap with the US keeps narrowing
    [more information] For the fourth consecutive year, the innovation gap between the US and the EU has decreased. The Nordic countries and…

  • 25 European students on their way to Australia
    [more information] The Australian Government has just awarded 25 students from all over Europe a scholarship worth €30,000 to further develop…

  • Young researchers choosing Europe for stem cell careers
    [more information] As the new year gets underway, young researchers in cutting-edge and politically contentious fields are forced to examine how…