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Build on the real life examples of Big Data

Models that demonstrate how Big Data can create jobs, foster resilience and make healthcare systems sustainable exist today. Now leadership is needed to build on this and stimulate a new wave of economic and social progress

“Data is a precious thing”

The amazing thing about Big Data is not the sheer volume, but what we can do with it. This makes it imperative to get Europe’s new data protection rules right – and as soon as possible – says Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

Put science into the assessment of research

There is a pressing need to improve the ways in which the output of scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties, say journal editors, researchers and scientific bodies, in the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

Time to remodel management of university IP

Traditional tech transfer makes it hard for industry to realise commercial potential, and for universities to maximise the value, of IP. A new approach pioneered by the University of Manitoba aims to change this, using IP to underpin collaboration, explains Digvir Jayas

MEPs approve new limits on CO2 emissions from cars

Lower CO2 limits are intended to protect the environment and spur clean car innovation. But environmentalists say a “super credits” scheme will allow car makers to fudge emission figures, undermining both objectives, while manufacturers say the limits will push up costs