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Juncker growth plan moves money from grant programmes – including €2.7 billion from Horizon 2020 - to a financial fund for riskier projects

Critical infrastructure systems are the backbone of society and ever growing in complexity and interconnectedness. A new research programme kicked off at the Singapore-ETH Centre strives to increase their robustness and resilience.

Three university centres in Barcelona have been chosen to work for six months on a CERN initiative. CERN is the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.

Stem Sel, a University of Bologna spin-off lead by Prof. Pierluigi Reschiglian, is one of the five finalists of the most important Italian start-up competition, the Gaetano Marzotto Prize.

The awards ceremony kicked off the Academic Summit at Aalto University.

Selling ‘knowledge assets’ can help fund growth and lend start-ups credibility with investors. As China educates a new generation of innovators about intellectual property, Europe needs to raise its game.

You do not manage well what you do not measure well. Sticking to this basic principle is particularly important when it comes to dealing with the daunting challenges posed by climate change, says Daniel Zimmer, Director of Innovation, at the Climate-KIC

After months of controversy, Anne Glover will leave the Commission in January – ending an experiment to bring scientific evidence into EU policy

2015 update includes greater priority on energy-efficiency technologies

As the EU focuses on its post-2020 climate and energy policies, big questions remain about how to spur innovation

The energy revolution can be achieved: this was the general tenor of the ETH Zurich Climate Roundtable held on Wednesday. However, this will require new technologies and innovation must be promoted accordingly. But the form that state regulatory intervention should take was the subject of controversial debate.

The foundation turned 35, and got a new name.

Gianotti, an Italian particle physicist instrumental in uncovering the Higgs Boson, will replace Rolf-Dieter Heuer, who led CERN through the launch of the Large Hadron Collider

A new £1.25 million arena for flying the next generation of aerial robots will be constructed at Imperial College London, thanks to a generous donation.

Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX), a UK-based life sciences company, has announced the recent completion of a $5.5M Series A financing round led by New Science Ventures and the appointment of Dr Fedja Bobanovic as CEO. Joining the financing round were founding investors Syncona Partners and Cambridge Enterprise.

Entrepreneur Hermann Hauser gives a positive account of the UK’s Fraunhofer-style innovation centres, but says further substantial investment is needed to exploit the country’s world-leading science base

Incremental innovation won’t do, experts say. At stake is leadership in life sciences, transportation, infrastructure and communications technologies