http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSat, 21 Nov 2009 05:34:19 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/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:29-186879-16http://euractiv.com/en/science/eu-research-networks-slowly-die-away/article-186385?Ref=RSSMost networks of excellence fall apart once EU funding dries up, according to a damning report by the European Court of Auditors. Billions of euros in European funding has been pumped into research networks in the hope that they will live on after funding expires, but very few are self-sustaining, it said.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-186385-16