New details of how the EIC will operate are included in EU draft plan, which sets out proposals for research in nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology and manufacturing from 2018 - 2020
French President looks to science, technology and education to revive Europe – and gives a political boost to Moedas proposal for a new innovation council
Former chair of the US House of Representatives science committee Bart Gordon shares lessons he learned from setting up the innovation funding body ARPA-E, to promote advanced energy projects
New analysis suggests that greater investment in ‘market-creating’ companies – of the kind proposed by EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas – can deliver the productivity growth which is eluding Europe
The number of people actively involved in starting a business in Sweden is growing faster than in Germany and France, which along with Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain have the lowest levels of entrepreneurial activity in Europe, says a new report
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