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KU Leuven ranks fifth in the Reuters world ranking of most innovative universities, which was published today. KU Leuven is the highest ranked non-American institution in the list. Stanford University, MIT, and Harvard score a podium finish.

Here are some of the key tech-related moments from the French President’s major address on Tuesday

There was applause for the speech, but the early signs are that implementing the president’s sweeping and idealistic vision for Europe’s future technological development will face opposition

French President would give science and technology the biggest role in Europe’s future since the 1960s

In an open letter, the great and the good of European research and innovation have written to the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament, asking it to stand up for R&D.

The UK space mission NovaSAR has attracted Australia to take a ten per cent share in the project, which aims to launch a satellite to track forestry management and shipping lanes in early 2018.

Luc Sels, the new Rector of KU Leuven has selected five major projects to guide the university in the coming years

The UK is investing £65million in a US-based global science project involving UCL scientists that could change our understanding of the universe.

Researchers have developed a solution to a longstanding problem in the field of end-to-end encryption, a technique that ensures that only sender and recipient can read a message.

French President looks to science, technology and education to revive Europe – and gives a political boost to Moedas proposal for a new innovation council

Alternative for Germany’s wins in the general election could further fuel funding wars in Brussels, as EU hurries to set its next long-term budget. The prospect of securing more funding for research is dimmed

The next €1B flagship projects will target ICT, energy and health, according to the draft work programme for 2018-2020 published by the Commission

Digital health start-up VitalSignum is on track to launch Beat2Phone, a small mobile device that detects arrhythmia by measuring the patient’s ECG, with the first production batch due to be on the market early next month.

As WHO warns the antibiotics pipeline does not address the threat of bacterial resistance, the EU must step up and do more to galvanise R&D, accelerate innovation and help shape a coordinated global response to the impending crisis

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn recruited to RAND Europe advisory board

Amazon expects to create 100 new highly qualified job positions in this new research centre The recruitment process is already underway and interested candidates can apply here and here.