The latest Eurobarometer report shows citizens have concerns about the security and privacy of their data online. This is holding back the development of Europe’s single digital market, says the Commission
The increasing incursion of social media into our professional and personal lives and shared data storage in the Cloud makes the question of data protection and security ever-more urgent. The answer won’t come from technology alone, but will need to embrace research and policy
With around 400,000 students, five of the UK’s top 10 research institutions, and more than 20 Nobel prize winners, London has as much claim to be the centre of the country’s science as Oxford or Cambridge. So why does it have such a hard job holding on to its spin-out companies, particularly in life sciences?
Following the deadly outbreak of E. coli infections in Germany, scientists in Saarbruecken are providing free access to the pathogen’s genetic regulation data, to spur research into new antibiotics
The Helmholtz is to lead a major investigation into the sustainable development of rice ecosystems in Southeast Asia involving 22 research institutions
The UK climate minister Greg Barker has announced cuts to the feed-in tariff for all solar installations above 50kw, a move of huge significance to the industry
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