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A think-tank set up by the Austrian government calls for simpler rules, more robust evaluation, greater participation from non-EU researchers - and a guarantee that the FP9 budget will not be raided to fund other schemes

European trio share award for making the world’s smallest machines

Nuffield Council on Bioethics launches a review of the potential use of powerful editing tools in human reproduction and livestock, warning policymakers about the easy-to-use technology falling into the hands of ‘garage geneticists’

Scientific advisers and policymakers meet en masse in Brussels to discuss how to close the gap between how they think and work

Rights to freely search journal databases will improve the situation for some public sector researchers, but excluding start-ups from the proposal means it will be harder for them to grow and raise funds from investors

Climate Commissioner says the giant ITER project has made important managerial ‘turnarounds’, after the European Parliament refused to sign off the 2015 accounts earlier this year

Leak shows Brussels officials preparing new ideas to turn ‘acorns into mighty oaks’ and ease the pathway to growth for start-ups

Twelve-person advisory panel will make recommendations on how the new body should function

New pact by major companies including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Sanofi, AstraZeneca and Novartis follows vow by global leaders for greater effort against superbugs

The European Commission is hoping a new public-private fund of funds can bolster venture capital markets and funnel money to start-ups, while providing competition to the dominant European Investment Fund