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An alliance between four of Europe’s leading universities - Sorbonne, Heidelberg, Charles and Warsaw - is the first of several expected cross-border deals following French president Emmanuel Macron’s plan for EU academic networks

An independent review has found that European Research Council Proof-of-Concept grants have helped scientists set up companies, file patents and attract venture capital

World International Property Agency says based on 2017 data, China will overtake US in three years. This is part of a shift in the geography of innovation, with almost half of all WIPO filings now coming from east Asia

“Any VC firm will tell you – meeting people is more important than the ideas,” says EU Research Commissioner

Bernard Bigot, director-general of the world's biggest nuclear fusion project, tells Science|Business the perpetually out-of-reach energy source is finally in sight – so long as Trump does not scale back US involvement

With its future in Budapest remaining uncertain, the embattled university is making back-up plans

As natural stocks become depleted and overfished, the EU is looking to develop new, sustainable, forms of mariculture. The idea is beginning to attract entrepreneurs

Anja Karliczek has no background in research, though some welcome her outsider perspective. She will preside over a €2B increase in science spending over the next few years

China continues innovation surge, with technology firm Huawei rising to the top. But there has was no progress with Europe’s unitary patent

In a bid to boost Europe’s overall spending on defence, EIB has struck a deal with the European Defence Agency to increase lending for technologies including sensors and lasers, with both civil and military uses

Brexit Health Alliance says a no deal Brexit threatens access to Europe-wide trials of new drugs

Report calls for UK government to be pragmatic about the costs and benefits of continued access to EU research, but says associate countries should have greater influence over the form and direction of funding

'High-flying' civil servant Jean-Eric Paquet picked to replace Robert-Jan Smits, in move tying DG Research closer to central administration

Makeover at the top as director general for research and innovation, Robert-Jan Smits is replaced by Jean-Eric Paquet and new recruits are lined up for nine other posts

Some see National Science Foundation move as latest retreat in US diplomacy under Trump administration – but agency says it will send more science envoys on visits abroad