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- Thursday 12th January 2012
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…
- Tuesday 15th November 2011
Austerity threatens autonomy, EUA warns
[more information] An authoritative study of university autonomy across 26 European countries has found “worrying signs” that the economic…
- Wednesday 7th September 2011
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…
- Wednesday 12th January 2011
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…
- Friday 3rd December 2010
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…
- Monday 29th November 2010
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…
- Thursday 25th February 2010
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…
- Monday 14th December 2009
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…
- Wednesday 18th November 2009
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…
- Sunday 6th September 2009
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…
- Monday 9th February 2009
The BIO CIRCLE network
[more information] Biocircle newsletters
Issues #2: November 2009 (www.biocircle-project.eu/dnn4/nletupload/Newsletter2_FINAL.pdf)
Issues #1:…
- Sunday 1st February 2009
Researchers use nanoparticles to target tumours
[more information] A group of European universities are banding together to create potentially valuable nanotechnology that could help…
- Friday 18th April 2008
Flemish research goes international
[more information] VIB is a non-profit research institute for trailblazing research in the life sciences. VIB scientists study the…
- Monday 25th February 2008
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…
- Friday 22nd February 2008
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…
- Friday 22nd February 2008
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…
- Tuesday 13th November 2007
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…
- Thursday 26th July 2007
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…
- Wednesday 18th April 2007
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…
- Friday 30th March 2007
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…
- Tuesday 13th March 2007
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…
- Thursday 8th March 2007
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…
- Thursday 22nd February 2007
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…
- Thursday 1st February 2007
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…
- Friday 12th January 2007
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…