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Forced into a minor reshuffle after the Parliament’s rejection of Alenka Bratušek, Juncker accepts her replacement, Violeta Bulc. The fate of Hungary’s Tibor Navracsics remains an open question

There’s a five hour window to reduce the effects of a stroke by removing the blood clot that caused it. ACES winner Brainomix has automated the assessment of brain scans, increasing confidence in diagnosis and informing treatment decisions

Forget the theory: students are inspired by problem-solving and turning know-how into entrepreneurship. Even dissent is a focus for innovation, says John Einar Hustad of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Juncker will be forced to reshuffle the deck after MEPs reject Slovenia’s Alenka Bratušek, while Spain’s controversial nominee Miguel Arias Cañete gets the nod

As he warms up for his swan song, outgoing Commission President José Manuel Barroso is beginning to think about his legacy. The creation of the European Research Council and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology count among his greatest hits, he tells Science|Business

To realise the potential - and prevent the misuse - of digitised healthcare information, statistics and programming need to feature in medical training. And better security must be put in place to ensure patient privacy

Venture capital investment in EU start-ups is less than one-quarter of US level. Policy shift could help spur more innovation by allowing pension and insurance funds to channel a small fraction of their assets to venture funds

Europe’s SMEs are starved of cash. Crowdfunding represents a potential way to overcome some of the fragmentation of Europe’s capital markets and improve access to financing for start-ups, says Karen Wilson of the policy thinktank Bruegel

Tibor Navracsics was left with little time to discuss the education portfolio as MEPs questioned him on Hungary’s poor track-record in defending freedom of speech and the rule of law.

Billed as the hearing of the week, Spain’s Commissioner-to-be faced a cacophonous European Parliament. A strong hold on the energy and climate change brief saw him pick up some admirers, but it may not be enough

Romanian Commissioner-designate was criticised for lacking ideas on funding priorities for one of the EU’s largest budgets

Jan Reichelt, co-founder of Mendeley, reflects on how his start-up brought relief to academics and shook up science publishing. The secret was in making a common cause with fellow researchers, he says

Vytenis Andriukaitis pledges to widen access to innovative healthcare across the EU and to keep the highest health and food safety standards in a more equal ‘Health Union’