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No one underestimates the difficulty of shoehorning science into policy. Partiality is inevitable, but policy makers need to be transparent in showing what underlies their decisions - and what evidence they choose to ignore

Netherlands’ Schaake calls for more research into protective measures against hackers

Don’t mention the B word: the first major reform of R&D funding since 1965 aims to make the UK the “go-to place” for science. But in setting out the vision, no reference was made to Brexit and its implications

Former WTO chief Pascal Lamy sets out a wide range of ideas to reform EU research and innovation programmes, starting a yearlong campaign to secure the future research budget

Former chair of the US House of Representatives science committee Bart Gordon shares lessons he learned from setting up the innovation funding body ARPA-E, to promote advanced energy projects

 

With more responsibilities and less money, the EU sets out plans to overhaul spending and options for new taxes to raise more revenue

The first edition of CERN’s Journal of Experimental Innovation, an open access publication looking at how to direct innovation, is published on Friday. Editor-in-chief Saku Mäkinen outlines its scope

13 new members added in past year to network uniting industry, research and policy

More training to help scientists tunnel through data mountains is badly needed, says Tony Hey, an e-science pioneer. Hey spoke at a recent conference of the ATTRACT open innovation consortium.

Dectris builds its X-ray detector technology into a €30M market niche

Researchers tell MEPs that audit culture, reimbursement system, and evaluation criteria for eastern countries should be reformed

This year’s EU innovation scoreboard shows big differences between member states remain

A comprehensive database of 900 European research infrastructures will allow scientists to access resources, services and facilities of which they may previously have been unaware

Small companies with limited resources have much to gain from open innovation. But, says Wim Vanhaverbeke, a lack of suitable tools leaves SMEs struggling to organise and manage collaborations. They need support from local networks

Despite Brussels’ new emphasis on smart specialisation, there is an ongoing difficulty in capturing the value of EU cohesion policy