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Digital seabed mapping and skills gap analysis are among the main initiatives that the Commission hopes will boost innovation in the maritime economy

After the first launch in April, the European Space Agency’s new Copernicus earth observation system has just begun to beam back images. This will be a spur for innovation, says project coordinator Josef Aschbacher

With the honourable exception of digital technologies, science and innovation policies have not featured in the campaign for the EU’s top job

SESAR is moving into a new phase, in which the public-private partnership will begin implementation of air traffic management technologies defined and developed in research spanning 2007 – 2013. The project has Horizon 2020 funding of €600M

Europe’s universities warn that new restrictions on the use of personal data will undermine important health and medical research

It’s more than 8 years late and cost more than twice the original budget. But the Wendelstein machine to be unveiled this month provides fresh momentum for fusion research and will complement the ITER project

The economic significance of patents ranges from impacts on growth and global trade, to patent portfolio management within firms. The EU could do more to extract value from its patent store, says Theon van Dijk, Chief Economist, European Patent Office

From traffic management to healthcare, there is huge potential in unlocking public information stores, Pól Mac Aonghusa, senior research manager at IBM tells Science|Business

The Tech all stars competition offers the opportunity to pitch to successful entrepreneurs

Georgios Stavropoulos, a physicist in Greece’s Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, is pitching for his frontier deep sea neutrino project to be included under the EU’s new experimental regional funding scheme

Germany’s ambitious Energiewende made it the world’s largest energy lab. But with CO2 emissions up and electricity prices rising, the programme’s value as a blueprint for others is limited, says Stephan Reimelt, president and CEO of GE Energy, Germany.

Science|Business begins a series of viewpoints on the ethical dimensions of Europe’s biggest R&D programme

With the Eurostars’ funding pot replenished by nearly €1.2B, EUREKA chairwoman Kristin Danielsen shares her thoughts on its importance for small businesses in Europe

Next generation of public-public research programmes in fields of clinical trials, SME financing, active ageing and metrology among initiatives that received green light from MEPs

Institutional issues and a lack of system thinking are hampering progress toward resolving Europe’s renewable energy dilemma, says Mark O’Malley, professor of electrical engineering at University College Dublin. More comprehensive and objective analysis would help.