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Fresh data from the European Commission shows there is an increase in new female graduates. But a lack of women in leadership roles is a continuing problem, says Curt Rice, who leads Norway's committee on gender balance in research

Henkel and Ehler tell Research Commissioner to put basic research first, venture capital second

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to investigate why male academics outnumber females in senior higher education posts in Ireland

Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas wants an initiative to tackle science misconduct to be in place by the end of the year. It is an issue Europe is divided on, says Simon Godecharle, researcher and ethicist at KU Leuven

As plans to base the precision medicines Catapult in Cambridge are announced, another Catapult gets off the ground at the site of AstraZeneca’s about-to-be-vacated R&D labs near Manchester

Nuclear investment is in serious decline, with renewables becoming more competitive

Exotic pentaquark particle spotted in CERN’s accelerator complex

With matchmaking assistance from an EU programme, car manufacturing is about to be revived, 30 years after the last plant in the country closed

EU Research Commissioner, in Science|Business interview, calls for open discussion of his proposal to create an EIC

The EU Commission is setting up a new science advice scheme. Before recruiting experts, it should specify the goals and methodology, says Martin Kowarsch, Head of Scientific Assessments, Ethics and Public Policy at Germany’s MCC climate change research institute

The first Innovation Radar Report reviews the innovation potential of ICT projects funded under 7th Framework Programme and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, to demonstrate the economic impact of EU grant funding

With open access talks failing to break new ground, the Netherlands’ university association calls for researchers to consider giving up their posts with Elsevier journals

Ambarella is buying the Italian self-driving vehicle lab developed with the help of European Research Council funding

Scientists will swap their lab coats for suits in September, as part of a twinning scheme with members of the European Parliament

Against the dim economic background there are rays of light, with a number of start-ups making a go of it