Science|Business Reporting

The FUTUREAGE road map describes how the EU will tackle its grand challenge of Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years.

30 ERC grantees receive additional funding to help commercialise their research

A fleet of 120 vehicles is taking to the roads to test a range of new wireless safety features

The Commission wants to double the amount of R&D carried out under the Common Agricultural Policy to €4.5 billion, and make farming knowledge-based

The first of six centres, based on Germany’s Fraunhofer model, will specialise in high value manufacturing

As it passes its first birthday, a checklist of progress to date in the formation of the Innovation Union, a key element of the Europe 2020 strategy for jobs and growth, was published by the Commission

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the formation of Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI), to support collaboration among researchers and spur scientific discovery

SMEs need better protection of their patent rights to prevent big companies stealing their ideas

The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training is to collaborate with GE Healthcare to develop new antibody testing technologies

An interface developed at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne already allows users to manoeuvre wheelchairs by thought transference. Now this will be applied to cars