The need for close co-operation and synergy between all stakeholders in the European software industry and how this is being achieved was the major focus of a three-day event in Rotterdam on 'European competitiveness and well-being through ICT-based innovation'.

Developing techniques to image the complex biological systems found at the sub-cellular level has traditionally been hampered by divisions between the academic fields of biology and physics. However, a new interdisciplinary zeal has seen a number of exciting advances in super-resolution imaging technologies.