More than half of scientific advisory board threatens resignation as one workshop is cancelled

der's government to win approval for a $2.56 billion (US) plan to create a system of elite universities in Germany has failed after opposition from at least one state government.

Top scientists on the Dahlem Konferenzen board threaten resignation over director's removal

Agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel wants new rules for genetically modified crops

Germany's belated attempt to bring its biotechnology patent law into compliance with an EU directive issued in 1998 appears to contradict what the European Union mandated, meaning the issue could end up being debated in the European Court of Justice.

In the wake of a law seen as a major blow for science, a major project's funding dries up

German proposal to create competitors to Oxford, Harvard again falls victim to politics

New commissioner says scientists should be allowed to use surplus embryos for research

A majority of Swiss voters support a new law that will allow stem cells to be extracted from 7-day-old human embryos for research purposes.

The country's new biotech patent law is somewhat at odds with the relevant EU directive

Research bodies in 10 European countries will allow scientists to take grant money with them when they move between their nations, according to a letter of intent announced in November by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

German researchers and industry decry a new crop law as being detrimental to innovation