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Overall Europe’s innovation performance is up, despite economic woes. But the best performers are pulling further ahead of the rest of the field, and the top global players outside Europe still dominate

University and industry lobbyists are gearing up for a busy spring in Brussels, as the Parliament and the Council lock horns on the 2014 - 2020 budget, with investment in Horizon 2020 up for grabs once more

New analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable fuel.

The European Parliament delivered a protest vote against the austerity budget agreed by national governments for 2014 – 2020. Now further negotiations – including on the €80B Horizon 2020 R&D programme – must be finessed by the Irish Presidency

The International Energy Agency should cooperate closely with China, and India as first step toward membership, Grantham Institute for Climate Change paper says

2012 was a record year for patent filings and grants, European Patent Office reports

Success will depend on ‘getting the fees right’ and the quality of decisions of the new court, EPO president says

Focus is low carbon hydrogen production, storage and flexible turbine technology

Following the appointment of Anne Glover as first European Commission’s Chief Scientific Adviser in January 2012, President Barroso announced yesterday (27 February) the creation of the Science and Technology Advisory Council.

The European Union took the opportunity on Rare Disease Day 2013 to announce that that it will fund 26 research projects in hopes of improving the lives of some of the 30 million Europeans