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Published online 31 October 2007 | Nature 450, 16-17 (2007) | doi:10.1038/450016a

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Mixed scores for European research

A survey shows positive trends for private-sector research and development in the European Union. But as Andrea Chipman reports, there's more to the data than meets the eye.

Industrial research and development (R&D) in Europe is surging ahead — but perhaps not quickly enough. Those are the main findings of an exhaustive study undertaken by the European Commission to pin down what big corporate laboratories are up to.

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