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Amid condemnations from the US and falling national spending, a fresh initiative to maintain Europe's defence clout is vital, says Nick Witney of the European Council on Foreign Relations and adviser to the European Commission on defence research

Robots are a threat to future employment and incomes, and their owners should pay social security taxes to protect pensions, say MEPs. But manufacturers claim this would impede a promising new field

ETH Zurich was awarded the contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ESA Business Incubation Centre Switzerland. The initiative was launched by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. It supports selected young start-ups with a connection to space technologies.

Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker presents timetable for an EU move into defence-related research and announces a top-up – from €315B to €500B - for the EU Fund for Strategic Investments

Time is running out to register for the 2nd UNI-SET Energy Clustering Event (ECEE)

Science|Business-led consortium highlights latest research into diet and nutrition

Canatu Oy manufactures flexible and formable carbon nanomaterial films and touch sensors targeted for touch displays.

Effort aims to increase applications from countries whose researchers do not traditionally win much funding from the basic research funder

Leading European equity crowdfunding platform publishes an analysis of all deals to date, giving insights into the profile of investors and types of companies funded

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