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After running out of funding and feeling unloved by the new Commission, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies was relieved to hear its work will find new life and a new home in 2016

With 63 calls and nearly 600 topics, the sprawling Horizon 2020 work programme for 2016 and 2017 was confirmed this week

To stop publicly-funded research sinking in the valley of death, it is essential to bring industry and universities together in centres dedicated to commercialisation, according to Mike Gregory and Roman Szumski, experts from the UK and Canada

Research Commissioner tells journal publishing companies to reshape their business models to the realities of the 21st century

The chemistry prize is awarded for research that uncovered how cells fix DNA damage; physics for demonstrating neutrinos have mass, and the medicine prize for the discovery of drugs against parasitic diseases

The Science4Refugees initiative aims to help refugee researchers find jobs and training in research institutes

With the EU’s highest court striking down the 15-year old agreement that allowed companies to store the personal data of Europeans in the US, new investment is poised to flow into data centres here

With a government spending review looming, the research lobby is out to make the case for protecting the R&D budget. Here, Hayaatun Sillem of the Royal Academy of Engineering argues an increase in public R&D will pull in more private investment

The new money will fund basic research that would not attract grants from other sources

Draft work plans for 2016 and 2017 are out, with ambitions to replace animal testing, resist the rising tide of antimicrobial resistance and deliver faster internet speeds

The Commission is dovetailing its political and policy priorities into the new Horizon 2020 research plans for 2016 - 2017

Clever intellectual property (IP) management and carefully designed government policies can help SMEs raise more finance, reducing the risk for banks and venture capital investors, according to new Science|Business reports

Financial services chief reveals an assortment of 33 measures aimed at overcoming Europe’s investment crunch

ETH Zurich continues its fine rise across all major league tables, while US universities fall down a bit

Brexit would cut research funding and undermine the UK’s standing in science. But more than the money, EU collaboration is needed to address global problems like climate change and ageing, says Cambridge vice chancellor Leszek Borysiewicz