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New method for detection of elusive forensic traces

Manufacturing mussel-based underwater adhesives for healing bone fractures with the help of reprogramed intestinal bacteria / spin-off planned

The European University Association calls for an increased budget for the next EU framework programme, to boost success rates and to reduce the gap between member states

EU officials are contemplating switching the formula for funding large-scale, multidisciplinary projects, replacing broad-brush flagships with targeted missions. Why spend €1B on brain research, if you could invest the money in a cure for Alzheimer’s? asks Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas  

President of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline, Patrick Vallance, will replace Mark Walport in April 2018

The new pan-European initiative ATTRACT will spur breakthrough innovation and fund technological ideas that can change the world

The Commission awards €1M European Capital of Innovation prize to Paris

The EU wants scientists to find out exactly how environmental factors, including lifestyle and climate change, drive the development of non-communicable disease

The genomics revolution has brought personalised medicine to cancer and rare diseases, but cardiovascular care is stuck in the past. An EU-funded initiative aims to change that

The Paediatric Regulation has “basically forced” companies to tailor drugs for use by children, but more work is needed to plug gaps in the area of childhood rare diseases

Plan for the last three years of the EU R&D programme sees a tighter focus, more funding for research on security and migration, money for foreign researchers and a pledge to do more to help poorer member states develop their science base

‘Focus areas’, ‘lump-sum’ payments and studies into migration, extremism and blockchain among novelties in 3-year plan. But who will run ‘Agency for Disruptive Innovation?’

Institutions from 22 countries demand clarification on whether and how UK will be able to participate in future EU research projects

Boost in post-Brexit budget would be financed from cuts to farmers and regional authorities - and a raft of new taxes