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eHealth provides the means to reduce costs and improve the quality of our healthcare systems. It is now time for policy makers to take concrete measures to scale-up and accelerate adoption of technologies for real impact, says Elena Bonfiglioli

Researchers, academic policy experts and commission officials gathered in Brussels on 23 November to explore a systems approach to energy innovation at a Science|Business symposium

UK innovation strategy is changing, with a move away from across-the-board generic support, and a return to picking winners and promoting particular technologies

They are some of the largest spenders on research. But now, as pharmaceutical companies look to external collaboration and in-licensed products to fuel innovation, the internal R&D operation is having to justify the return on investment for the first time

2012 has arrived with little prospect of economic revival. New start-ups must be better prepared than ever if they are to succeed

Research costs are up 47% - and a new EU study analyses why

Entrepreneurs from the United Kingdom gained the most nominations at this year’s Academic Enterprise Awards. Three UK spin-outs are among the top 12 chosen to go through to final awards in Brussels on 21 February, 2012.

As China becomes a major generator of intellectual property, so it is becoming more committed to protecting IP and enforcing the law

The UK may have used its veto on treaty change, but it will support increased spending on R&D from 2014 – 2020, as proposed in Horizon 2020. Cutting agriculture subsidies could pay for this, Business Minister Vince Cable tells Science|Business

A Finnish liquid biofuels project has started a researcher exchange with the American Energy Biosciences Institute.

Scottish biologist Anne Glover, named EU Chief Scientific Advisor, will face major challenges to be a ‘voice of science’ in Brussels

A gathering of ‘innovation’ experts at an EU conference highlights the political importance of innovation. But what is it?

The EC’s research plan projects a tripling of the new agency’s innovation networks

Small companies attract special attention - and at least €6.8 billion - in the Commission’s new research plan

The European Commission has released its official proposal for Horizon 2020, the EU’s new research funding scheme. Science|Business presents a roundup of first reactions from the European capital.