Anna Jenkinson

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso highlights the need to complete the internal energy market, build and interconnect energy grids, and ensure security.

Andreu Mas-Colell resigned from his post on September 1, as the European Research Council prepares to appoint a new director.

Delivering the EU patent just got harder. But the Belgian presidency says it won’t give up on this daunting task.

Can it make commercial sense for companies to charge head-on into large-scale problems like climate change, ageing or energy supplies? Yes, according to Dow Corning.

Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn has announced the EU’s biggest annual research budget ever for 2011 - at €6.4 billion - with a pledge to make the money easier to access.

Smart grids are the route to tapping solar and wind power, guaranteeing energy security, and delivering on the EU’s carbon emission targets. But can they be delivered?

As research takes centre stage in economic strategy, the European Commission is making moves to turn its ideas on how to promote innovation into reality.

Large scientific projects with contributions from many governments could be run more like multinationals says Hervé Pero.

Robert-Jan Smits takes over as European research supremo today. Key task: to plan the 8th Framework Programme.

More of us are interested in science than sport, and agree that governments should support research even if it brings no obvious immediate benefit, says a new survey.