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European Commission is to launch a public consultation on the successor to Horizon 2020 in the autumn, Robert-Jan Smits, director-general for research and innovation, tells the Science|Business annual conference. This will be the EU’s ninth R&D programme

Progressing from start-up to profit is hard and funding shortfalls can push enterprises under. Europe’s banks and VCs should take a more ‘scientific’ approach to funding fledgling companies

Three winners will be chosen at the TED conference in 2020

A small step towards gender balance, but the geographical divide lives on, with French, German and UK institutions hosting 146 of 302 grant winners

EU Research Commissioner today described the attributes around which he would like the Council to be shaped and launched a consultation seeking feedback from the public. It’s time for action to convert Europe’s world-leading science into products, he said

Members of the Science|Business Network say the new council should act like a venture capital investor rather than a government agency. The aim should be to provide flexible funding and spur regulatory reform

A country better known for its financial secrecy, the Grand Duchy is out to re-imagine itself as a thriving aerospace hub

British energy supplier unveiled its annual energy market outlook for the next two decades. Green advocates attacked its ‘rosy prospects’ for oil and gas

Latest energy scorecard shows energy generated from renewable sources in the EU continued to grow overall in 2014, but some countries are lagging behind the pack

Doctors and farmers need to use antibiotics less and more wisely, says Dutch health minister