http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenThu, 26 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://euractiv.com/en/science/eu-china-ink-clean-coal-deal-summit/article-187682?Ref=RSSLeaders from China and Europe will sign a new Science and Technology Agreement at next week's summit in Nanjing, where progress is also likely on a major near-zero emissions coal project.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:50:00 GMTtcm:29-187682-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/fted-finnish-innovation-system-falling-apart/article-187459?Ref=RSSFinland's celebrated innovation system is in need of a radical overhaul, according to a new international review. A panel of experts concluded that the landscape for innovation in Finland has become "fragmented and suffers from weak international links".Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187459-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/eu-companies-increase-rd-investment-despite-crisis/article-187380?Ref=RSSEuropean firms increased investment in industrial research and development by more than their US or Japanese competitors last year, despite battling a global economic crisis. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMTtcm:29-187380-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/eu-innovation-manifesto-turns-spotlight-funding-skills/article-187215?Ref=RSSThe "scale and ambition" of the European Union's structural funds for regional development should be expanded to strengthen investment in research and knowledge, according to an expert report published today (12 November) by the EU. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the document would feed into the ongoing discussion on the shape of Europe's innovation policy. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:51:00 GMTtcm:29-187215-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/eit-chief-private-funding-needed-projects-sustainable/article-187219?Ref=RSSThe new European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) is working to attract private funds to ensure its flagship research consortia are sustainable, EIT Director Gérard de Nazelle told EurActiv Hungary in an interview.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:01:00 GMTtcm:29-187219-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/innovation-ambassador-us-reaping-benefits-europe-rd-spending/article-187198?Ref=RSSEurope is failing to capitalise on its investment in education and science because bright young researchers still see the US as the best place to further their career, according to Czech scientist Blanka Říhová, ambassador of the 2009 European Year of Creativity and Innovation.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187198-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/china-doubles-research-output-leaving-west-wake/article-186981?Ref=RSSResearch output in China has exploded in the past five years, far outpacing activity in the rest of the world, according to a new report by Thomson Reuters. China has already overtaken the EU and Japan and will leapfrog the US within the next decade, the report predicts.Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:40:00 GMTtcm:29-186981-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/eu-attracting-biobank-research-us/article-186956?Ref=RSSThe Netherlands and Luxembourg are battling to become the world's biobank research hub, as Europe begins to attract multi-million euro research projects from the US and beyond.Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-186956-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/eu-us-scientists-ink-deal-nuclear-arms-monitoring/article-186879?Ref=RSSScientists in Europe and the US have agreed to join forces to beef up research into nuclear forensics. The move will see closer cooperation on technologies used to monitor nuclear weapons in a bid to cut nuclear proliferation.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:40:00 GMTtcm:29-186879-16