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Switzerland’s beacon status as a hub for collaboration and excellence in science is in question after the suspension of talks on the country’s association in the €80B Horizon 2020 and €14.7B Erasmus programmes

Horizon 2020 contains some important fixes, but does not allow enough flexibility to change the course of research if the unexpected happens, says Juha Ylä-Jääski, President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland

Ultra high-speed fifth-generation networks will roll out in 2020 and connect 100 billion devices, scientist says.

Preparation for two new knowledge and innovation communities is underway, with bids invited in healthy living and active ageing and sustainable raw materials

EU officials expect to be inundated with grant applications, but maintain that simplification of Horizon 2020 procedures will accommodate SMEs and young researchers

Strong growth in apps could account for 2.7 million software developers and 2.1 million support staff by 2018, according to a new study

New UC Berkeley research project unlocks the potential to gain energy from oceans.

Despite the turmoil, Egyptian researchers and entrepreneurs try to spur innovations. The EU’s Horizon 2020 aims to help.

Productivity in the pharma industry is up, but the origins of more than half of new drugs lies outside corporate labs.

Amendments to the European Data Protection regulation proposed in response to revelations of blanket electronic eavesdropping by the US must be dropped. If not, major international research projects in cancer, obesity and Alzheimer’s disease will come to a stop, say R&D funding bodies

ERC-funded researchers will receive up to €150,000 each to bring their research closer to the market

A new project is commencing at the UCL Energy Institute to better understand the potential role of biomass in the UK energy system.

A major reform of EU regional policy will put innovation at the heart of smart specialisation strategies that aim to end the research divide and halt the brain drain

Technology alone will not fix global problems such as climate change, food and water shortages, soil erosion or the rising tide of chronic disease. What’s needed is more dialogue and interchange between the natural and the social sciences

Multiple solutions and technologies needed