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The Research Commissioner wants to set up a European Innovation Council to fund excellent innovators, in the same way as the European Research Council backs excellent scientists

2-stage reviews, an emphasis on ‘impact’, are among steps now underway, says EU research chief Smits

Sentinel-2A will orbit the planet beaming back images of food crops, forests, coastal waters and natural disasters

Scientists at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have managed to build a fully functional neuron by using organic bioelectronics. This artificial neuron contain no ‘living’ parts, but is capable of mimicking the function of a human nerve cell and communicate in the same way as our own neurons do.

Speaking at ESADE, Wallapop CEO Agustín Gómez said "We're the latest wave of Spanish start-ups aiming for the global premier league of business."

On 3 June, member universities of the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) gathered in Barcelona to discuss the role of universities in regional smart specialisation strategies in Europe.

The 5G technology entering the market at the end of the decade may make denial-of-service attacks impossible.

EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players, and ESA, the European Space Agency, have announced to have entered into a wide-ranging agreement to help start-up entrepreneurs, active in space related activities professionalize their businesses and value propositions, all the while encouraging and inspiring private and public investors to see space related businesses as a most attractive investment opportunity and asset class.

European Commission announces changes at the top of its ICT, health, education and industry departments. Research and energy dodge the bullet.

Awards of legal costs and ways of improving enforcement are overlooked in a new bill passed in the European Parliament. While SMEs will not be able to afford litigation, large companies will find it easier to keep more information secret

From time to time the idea of introducing anti-dilution provisions into university spin-out company shareholder agreements re-emerges for discussion.

The current head of Genome Canada will take over as executive director of the world’s largest pharmaceuticals public-private partnership in September

The agreement will foster collaboration between ESADE students and BSC-CNS researchers with the aim of exploring ways to bring scientific research projects to the market

At two hours from Lisbon by plane, Madeira is looked upon as something of an innovation backwater. We’re gathering a team of researchers that will challenge the perception, says Nuno Nunes, a researcher with a penchant for subversive and surprising technology

Regional innovation specialists, gathered for the first stocktake since the EU’s new policy got off the ground, criticised bureaucracy and unfavourable reimbursement rules. Many researchers and SMEs remain to be convinced about the scheme

It is known best as the Commission's in-house source of scientific advice. But the JRC’s capabilities go well beyond the theory, not just in helping with oversight of EU regulations, but also in providing much-needed practical help in responding to major humanitarian crises

The BEAM Alliance – Biotechs from Europe innovating in Antimicrobial Resistance - brings together 37 companies from ten countries to accelerate progress in dealing with drug-resistant infections

Nickel Institute has joined with 48 other industry organisations to present a joint position paper with recommendations for better regulation in chemicals management

The House of Natural Resources (HoNR) is a flagship project for a hardwood building. Today marked the inauguration of the office building on ETH’s Hönggerberg campus after 18 months of construction. It is an exciting development for researchers at ETH Zurich as the building will serve as a research laboratory for sustainable construction.

Europe’s pharma industry says the €2.2B cut to Horizon 2020 is misguided, while scientists and MEPs declare themselves happy, for the most part, that the cut is less than the €2.7B originally proposed