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A new data tool lets scientists scour and download almost 500 datasets

The EU Commission is canvassing views on whether the process of assessing research projects should be more open to public eyes

Fears big data could affect insurance coverage and be used to track the performance of clinicians are holding back adoption. But big data means better data, according to speakers at a Science|Business conference

The four-year Gliomark project aims to develop and commercialise a novel diagnostic for brain cancer. It has been funded by the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument

A new survey by the one of Europe’s biggest crowdfunding platforms, Seedrs, finds business community evenly divided on EU membership

Entrepreneurs are made, not born. An award-winning Finnish scheme is teaching primary pupils entrepreneurial skills and instilling an entrepreneurial mindset

In a show of faith in European biomedical research, the pharma company is extending its open innovation approach and setting up a bioincubator at its campus in Beerse, Belgium. Start-ups using the facility will have access to expertise, equipment and funding

Science|Business wants to help innovators learn from the failures of others. Here, Anca Banita describes soldiering on after an attempt to raise money for an app promoting a nationwide clearance of illegal rubbish dumps in Romania flopped

The first of two joint European Space Agency–Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the planet, where will it look for methane in the atmosphere and assess if the gas was generated by micro-organisms or is a result of geological activity

To fight growing antimicrobial resistance, the use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted, and there should be incentives for new ones should be developed