With public finances tight, governments around the world are demanding a return on their investment in science. Researchers should get…

Last one shows UK corporate spending holds up in recession. The government will no longer produce its annual R&D Scoreboard,…

A synchrotron under construction in the Middle East brings hope for both science and peace. “It’s like a parallel universe,”…

Recession-hit companies scale back university liaison offices. Universities could find it more difficult to find industry research partners as hi-tech…

The negotiations on Framework 8, the EU’s research funding programme scheduled to begin in 2014, are now well and truly…

Liberal Democrat activists at the party’s conference in Liverpool have adopted a ‘wait and see’ attitude to the coalition’s science…