Anna Jenkinson

Environment Commissioner-designate Janez Potočnik has emphasised the need for a “holistic approach” and for environmental concerns to reach across many EU policies.

Computers have the potential to save energy - by consuming less themselves and optimising use elsewhere, but there are obstacles in the way.

Research money should promote excellence not cohesion, says Peter Frankenberg, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts for the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

After all the talk and all the trimming, Europe’s answer to MIT has announced its first projects on climate change, sustainable energy and ICT.

Agreement on a Single EU Patent and Patent Court is an important battle won, but war continues to be waged over translation.

As the Industry, Research and Energy Committee reforms, Science|Business talks to Maria da Graça Carvalho about the committee’s new priorities.

For the first time, innovation and entrepreneurship feature in job titles as the European Commission is remodelled.

The rate of growth of R&D spending fell to 6.9 per cent, and worse is to come as the economic crisis bites further into budgets.

EU institutions need a common analysis of long-term trends as basis for policy, says MEP James Elles in an interview with Science|Business.