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Europe currently allows industry to set most of the research targets in aviation. This is limiting creativity in the field and leaving the skies open for countries including China to make the big science strides in the future, says Spiros Pantelakis

Innovation is at the heart of UCL’s ethos: as part of UCL2034 we have committed to build on our current activities to enhance creation of societal and economic value from our research and innovation.

The 9th edition of the Global Innovation Index 2016 (GII) report highlights CERN as an example of successful, regional innovation initiatives

The donation will enhance doctoral education in water engineering and develop a new model for cooperation

Fifteen of the top 25 innovators in the world are in Europe, including the top three

The appointment is part of European Commission’s move to created four new positions of Deputy Directors-General, as it seeks to strengthen its top management

The Commission has named four new members to the board of the beleaguered European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in Budapest.

A formal debate at Euroscience Open Forum in Manchester pitted pro- and anti-patent experts. You decide the outcome.

EU makes open science the new norm and earmarks €11 million for research on migration. Free availability of data is a response to the post-factual age, Carlos Moedas tells the Euroscience conference in Manchester

Chief of staff to EU Commission president Martin Selmayr tweets to say “No” to suggestion of a post-Brexit deal with freedom of movement for scientists, but not the rest of the population

UM Cure 2020 is a new European consortium to foster research on metastatic uveal melanoma and identify new treatments for this serious disease.

The design and construction of the satellite have utilised technology and experience from Aalto-1.

The new government must negotiate close links to EU R&D programmes, ensure researchers from EU countries can work in the UK and UK nationals can work in the EU - and make good the loss of funding

Plans to integrate the innovation agency Innovate UK and the seven UK research councils have drawn criticism from industry and academia. Advocates say the new body will give UK science a stronger voice in Brexit negotiations

The research charity Wellcome Trust is to host a taskforce formed in response to new recommendations on the use of patient data.

The innovation scoreboard, published today, charts a decline in the performance of 17 out of 28 member states. The EU continues to be outshone by its global competitors. Non-EU member Switzerland gets top marks for innovation in Europe

As evidence that UK researchers are being cut out of research consortia as a result of the Brexit vote mounts, a dedicated unit has been set up to collect specific examples of discrimination

Brexit is an opportunity to push for more coordinated defence R&D investment by the remaining 27 member states, Ana Gomes MEP tells Science|Business

While Brexit has put hopes for the unified European patent on hold, a new US pilot exemplifies how a single efficient patenting system can be used to underpin and promote innovation