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The European Medicines Agency should play a greater role in monitoring shortfalls, a new study suggests

After months of controversy, Anne Glover will leave the Commission in January – ending an experiment to bring scientific evidence into EU policy

2015 update includes greater priority on energy-efficiency technologies

As the EU focuses on its post-2020 climate and energy policies, big questions remain about how to spur innovation

Carbon pricing holds the key to success in the fight against climate change, says gene sequencing pioneer J. Craig Venter

A robot-operated 3D printer could build a protective shell for an inflatable lunar home

European Commission’s proposal to prevent national bans on environmental or health grounds is defeated

Gianotti, an Italian particle physicist instrumental in uncovering the Higgs Boson, will replace Rolf-Dieter Heuer, who led CERN through the launch of the Large Hadron Collider

Question mark hangs over whether the office of Chief Science Adviser is part of the European Commission’s future plans

Entrepreneur Hermann Hauser gives a positive account of the UK’s Fraunhofer-style innovation centres, but says further substantial investment is needed to exploit the country’s world-leading science base