With growth forecasts sharply down from before the referendum, the pledge to balance the budget by 2020 is abandoned. New borrowing will allow for a Keynesian-style splurge on infrastructure and R&D
Horizon 2020-funded researchers in poorer countries of the EU are paid less than if they worked on projects funded by their national governments. Two Romanian MEPs have written to Jean-Claude Juncker to complain about this discrimination
The EU Commission has proposed a European Open Science Cloud. Science|Business, following its September 20 members’ conference on the topic, offers this primer
Elisabeth Koffeman and Niels van Bakel, two researchers at the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKEF), discuss x-ray CT scans, seismic sensors, and collaboration with industry
CERN researchers Marco Silari, Fabrizio Murtas and Alessandro Curioni are part of a team creating an Internet of sensors that could detect radiation and prevent dangerous human exposure
Europe has the opportunity to enhance its innovation capacity by strengthening cooperation between analytical research institutes and companies, providing industry with new ways to access expertise and powerful state of the art machines
Researchers have a role in responding to the rise in populist support. Putting out the message about the value of the R&D it funds will help the EU to demonstrate its worth and relevance
The report outlines several possible actions that the Commission and member-states could take to coordinate their digital health policies better, including a three-year plan for action.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new cell culture method, which may very well enable to forgo certain tests on animals in the future. The scientists were awarded an international prize for more humane treatment of laboratory animals.
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