Science|Business Reporting

There are more signs of the strain on funding as European Research Council backs 13% of the 2,538 research proposals submitted for evaluation

New measures aim to ensure that intellectual property rights are upheld, to stem the flow €85B annual influx of pirated and counterfeit goods, and encourage SMEs and start-ups to invest in innovation

There is more than a hint of dirigisme in the first explicit national industrial strategy since the 1970s. The government says it is not about picking winners, but shaping the environment as a whole

World output of AI patents reached 18,000 in 2015, with China tripling its contribution and the EU’s share of global AI patents falling by 7% to 12%, says OECD innovation survey

The high level group of innovators appointed to advise the Commission on how to structure the EIC has released its first set of recommendations

The WannaCry hack was relatively unsophisticated and could have been prevented with basic IT security best practice. There are greater cyber threats out there and the NHS must ensure it is better protected

Setting precedent in medical case, agency finds NHS trust didn’t adequately protect data on 1.6 million patients