Florin Zubașcu

While it has a high reputation for the quality of its basic medical research, Poland lacks the means to translate this into the clinic. International collaboration is needed to help build this infrastructure

Technical standard-setting is painstaking but necessary. But is it possible to devise a more flexible, dynamic system for agreeing standards to keep pace with changing technologies? A panel, organised by the Science|Business Innovation Board, discussed this at the Innovation Convention 2014

Europe needs to close the R&D and knowledge divides between its regions and shape its innovation strategy for the global stage, says the European Research and Innovation Area Board

Big Data holds the potential to boost economic growth in Europe by 1.9 per cent by 2020, according to a new report. But how will this be achieved and what needs to be done to try and ensure the benefits are equally spread?

The Imperial College - Huawei Data Science Innovation Laboratory will bring together experts from across Imperial College with Huawei researchers to work on applications of big data in fields such as smart cities and healthcare

The Startup Europe Partnership and the European Digital Forum gather global entrepreneurs, universities and financial institutions, and aim to close the gap between Europe and Silicon Valley

Microsoft opened the doors of a new training centre in Brussels, which it says will both help to bridge the ICT skills gap reduce youth employment in Europe

As of January 2014, the ERC has three Vice-Presidents instead of two. Spanish psychologist, Professor Núria Sebastián Gallés, joins the two existing Vice-Presidents, Professors Pavel Exner and Carl-Henrik Heldin

The European Research Council announced the first 312 winners of the Consolidator Grant competition. This new funding will allow researchers that are doing groundbreaking work to consolidate their scientific careers and to establish their own research teams.

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, new President of the ERC , tells Science|Business he is charting a ‘political’ course – to help boost science in Europe’s weaker regions, and to promote young scientists