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Microsoft is following Amazon and a string of other US companies in announcing new investments in European data centres following the scrapping of the Safe Harbour data pact between the EU and US

The university is facing cuts of €66 million and is now in talks with all employees – excluding professors – with the aim of reducing staff numbers by 17 percent

Here are short profiles of the seven leading scientists named to the European Commission’s new Scientific Advice Mechanism

Departing CERN head Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Fields medal winner Cédric Villani and UK Met Office chief scientist Julia Slingo are among the new multi-disciplinary, seven-member advisory team

Public transport heads to the future with EU-funded trials in Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Greece. But the cost of computer-controlled buses could prove to be a speedbump

As the German carmaker’s pollution problems deepen, pressure is increasing on the industry to shift resources to low-carbon cars, with hopes the nascent electric car industry can be propelled into the mass market

BAE Systems announces it is taking 20% new stake in space engine company Reaction Engines

Twinned EU and US labs will work together to set common standards for e-vehicles and charging stations

European platforms can start thinking about US expansion after equity crowdfunding rules loosened

The flagship project has been reorganised following an open revolt by neuroscientists who were unhappy at the direction of travel. A new management structure will ensure no single institution has overall control