European Union

Smart grids, renewables and energy efficiency are put at the heart of the Commission’s ten-year strategy for a single, integrated EU energy market.

The Commission has launched the first call for what it claims will be the world’s largest programme of investment in low carbon and renewable energy projects.

For a snapshot of what the European Research Area might look like, check the latest European Research Council Awards to young scientists, writes Nuala Moran.

The USPTO and the EPO have agreed to jointly develop a patent classification system on the basis of the European Classification system, ECLA.

PARADIGM, an international R&D project to standardise the development and production of optical chips, has begun.