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Scientists need to call their governments and complain, Carlos Moedas said as he vowed to make his case to ministers of science and finance

A government position paper avoids mention of money and the hard line stance on immigration is unchanged, but the UK aims to stay part of EU R&D - in a closer partnership than any of the 16 associated countries

The largest and most powerful X-ray laser in world has opened in Hamburg. The machine can generate ultrashort X-ray flashes 27,000 times per second, with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than the best conventional X-ray radiation sources.

The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, was joined by Greg Clark MP and Professor Sir John Bell today (August 30th) at the Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM) - co-located on the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birminghamcampus - to make two major national life sciences investment announcements as part of the launch of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy.

German researchers are in the process of establishing the Industrial Data Space, a virtual construct for secure data sharing based on standardized communication interfaces

Quality of life measures used to assess the value of medical treatments fail to capture what matters to patients and carers. A UK project to develop new metrics could lead to an overhaul of how cost-effectiveness is judged

Aalto placed at the top of the Shanghai ranking in Marine/Ocean Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering and Management research.

Strategy report calls for funding to create new industries, increased collaboration between pharmaceutical companies and the National Health Service, and incentives to keep the UK attractive to world class scientists after it leaves the EU

EU governments want to slash €500 million from the EU research budget next year. The cut will have detrimental effects, Parliament warns

The loan comes from Juncker’s European Fund for Strategic Investment and will be used to develop new cancer treatments

Günther Oettinger says research should be the only programme spared spending cuts as the EU weighs how to make up for losing the UK’s €11B per annum contribution