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12.03.10 Recovery boost as Tánaiste announces €56 million research investment for 180 companies in nine transformational Competence Centres
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment Mary Coughlan T.D. today (10th March 2010), provided a welcome €56m boost to companies determined to succeed and grow in the Smart Economy. Conceived by her...
[more]12.03.10 Cohesion policy: at the heart of Europe 2020
(10 march 2010) On 3 March, the European Commission launched the Europe 2020 Strategy to prepare the EU's economy for the next decade. Economic, social and territorial cohesion will remain at the heart of the Europe 2020...
[more]12.03.10 MEPs demand extra funding for low carbon energy technologies
The EU should invest a minimum of EUR 2 billion a year in low carbon technologies, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have said in a resolution adopted on 11 March.
[more]12.03.10 Functional Foods Conference - Health Claims, Consumer Interests & Regulatory Issues
An Enterprise Ireland sponsored conference on Friday 12 March gave the research community and businesses in the food, beverage, ingredient and infant nutrition industries an opportunity to gain key insights into current thinking...
[more]12.03.10 Saudi Arabia campaign brings business boost
New business worth almost Ł4 million was won by local companies from Invest Northern Ireland's strategic sales focus on Saudi Arabia in 2008/09.
[more]11.03.10 Surprise for Stroke-Researchers
Apoplectic strokes proceed more harmlessly if certain immune cells are missing from the blood. This previously unknown mechanism was presented by scientists from the University of Würzburg in the "Blood" Journal.
[more]10.03.10 Germany Top Ranked for Research-Intensive Goods
Berlin - At approximately 50 percent, the proportion of research-intensive industries and knowledge-intensive services in Germany was the largest in the world based on 2007 aggregate value added. Germany also led all other...
[more]09.03.10 EU and EECA push for better research ties
Building better research relations between the EU and EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) nations is an important objective for everyone, and the EECAlink project, which has received EUR 600,000 under the Health Theme of the...
[more]08.03.10 Publication: Generating success with R&D
For the Norwegian business sector, the key to becoming more competitive in the global market may lie in research. The Research Council's new publication Verdiskaping (Generating success with R&D) contains examples of some of...
[more]08.03.10 New strategy to produce more scientists
More people have to decide to pursue educational programmes in mathematics, science and technology (MST) if Norwegian society is to develop in the desired direction. The Government is launching a national strategy to promote MST...
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