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Rush to drill backfired. Industry and regulators need to be much more vigilant to avoid environmental damage and public backlash

The traditional view holds that if a healthcare innovation provides any benefit - however small - it should be adopted. This approach is not sustainable, health economist Uwe Reinhardt told the European Health Forum at Bad Hofgastein, Austria

The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) currently under negotiation could have major effects on healthcare systems, according to speakers at the European Health Forum held in Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Despite disappointment over the final budget, MEPs declared themselves pleased with the shape and the content of the Horizon 2020 research programme

A new study indicates that roughly 35 per cent of jobs in the EU rely on sectors that build their products and services around patents, trademarks and copyright

Europe’s education institutions need to catch up in the digital learning stakes. But this requires more than beaming online courses into classrooms and lecture halls

Associated societal and personal benefits range from avoided infrastructure to higher property values

Cuts to the R&D budget for 2014 proposed by national ministers earlier this month threaten investment in knowledge, research and innovation, and could push the Horizon 2020 timetable off track, say critics

There’s still a lot of work required to create the European Research Area. The R&D landscape remains fragmented and even the best institutions have much to do to meet the 2014 deadline, says a progress report this week

A total of 284 researchers are to receive up to €3.5 million each for basic research, while 33 top-up grants will test the commercial potential of leading ideas

Proposed indicator measures the progression of innovative ideas to the market, in a move to benchmark public policy and track Europe's performance internationally

In the past decade high performance computing has transformed the practice – and the productivity - of science. Now this analytical power must be opened up to industry, to improve decision-making, spur innovation and boost competitiveness

EU and US experts see big benefits from scientists sharing more data - but say global agreement on privacy, literacy and other issues is needed

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an internal combustion engine that emits less than half the CO2 compared to a regular engine without compromising performance. This corresponds to fuel consumption of less than 2.4l per 100km. This natural gas-diesel hybrid engine is based on a system of sophisticated control engineering.

Electric vehicles, hydrogen and other alternative technologies will be niche solutions until advances bring costs down – while existing engine efficiency can still be improved by 20 per cent.