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The European Commission is hoping a new public-private fund of funds can bolster venture capital markets and funnel money to start-ups, while providing competition to the dominant European Investment Fund

BMC Psychology will hide study outcomes from reviewers to try root out the scourge of unpublished negative results

The world’s most powerful radio telescope will collect more information each day than the entire internet. Major advances in computing are required to handle this data, but it can be done, says Bernie Fanaroff, strategic advisor for the SKA

Amid condemnations from the US and falling national spending, a fresh initiative to maintain Europe's defence clout is vital, says Nick Witney of the European Council on Foreign Relations and adviser to the European Commission on defence research

Hack leaves EurekAlert! with almost a fortnight of disruption

Robots are a threat to future employment and incomes, and their owners should pay social security taxes to protect pensions, say MEPs. But manufacturers claim this would impede a promising new field

EU research programme could recover some of the €2.2B lost last year to European Fund for Strategic Investments

Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker presents timetable for an EU move into defence-related research and announces a top-up – from €315B to €500B - for the EU Fund for Strategic Investments

EU Commission presents its plan to ease copyright laws, but the limited scope leaves some unhappy

New report urges government to give firm backing to beleaguered technology which it says could slash the cost of meeting CO2 reduction targets

Science|Business-led consortium highlights latest research into diet and nutrition

Finger is pointed at former vice chancellors and at a bunker mentality, which meant warnings about stem cell scientist’s competence and scientific rigour went unheeded for too long

Japanese government memo calls for an end to the uncertainty and sets out requirements of Japanese companies if they are to remain invested in the UK. The demands include the UK continuing to have access to EU R&D funds

Leaked papers reveal data analytics start-ups would not benefit from new text and mining rules, however

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