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No matter what the business idea may be, start-up founders all face the same challenge: the lack of a business network. ETH Zurich has now started a Founders Community to foster more interaction between the 350 existing ETH spin-offs.

Telecoms specialist Carlos Salema has been involved in EU science for more than 25 years. In this Q&A he reflects on the advances fostered by previous research and highlights challenges of the €70B Horizon 2020 programme

The prototype of the unmanned quadcopter, equipped with special sensors designed to locate people caught in avalanches, has been successfully tested a few days ago in the Alps. The drone was developed within the SHERPA project, funded by the European Commission

Switzerland’s beacon status as a hub for collaboration and excellence in science is in question after the suspension of talks on the country’s association in the €80B Horizon 2020 and €14.7B Erasmus programmes

Horizon 2020 contains some important fixes, but does not allow enough flexibility to change the course of research if the unexpected happens, says Juha Ylä-Jääski, President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland

Preparation for two new knowledge and innovation communities is underway, with bids invited in healthy living and active ageing and sustainable raw materials

EU officials expect to be inundated with grant applications, but maintain that simplification of Horizon 2020 procedures will accommodate SMEs and young researchers

Despite the turmoil, Egyptian researchers and entrepreneurs try to spur innovations. The EU’s Horizon 2020 aims to help.

Productivity in the pharma industry is up, but the origins of more than half of new drugs lies outside corporate labs.

Amendments to the European Data Protection regulation proposed in response to revelations of blanket electronic eavesdropping by the US must be dropped. If not, major international research projects in cancer, obesity and Alzheimer’s disease will come to a stop, say R&D funding bodies

DG Research & Innovation (DG RTD) will host a free interactive information event on Horizon 2020 for SMEs in Brussels, March 3

A major reform of EU regional policy will put innovation at the heart of smart specialisation strategies that aim to end the research divide and halt the brain drain

Three Imperial academics have been presented with Wolfson Research Merit Awards in recognition of their outstanding scientific achievement.

The Imperial College - Huawei Data Science Innovation Laboratory will bring together experts from across Imperial College with Huawei researchers to work on applications of big data in fields such as smart cities and healthcare

A new long-range wireless tag detection system, with potential applications in health care, environmental protection and goods tracking, can pinpoint items with near 100 per cent accuracy over a much wider range than current systems.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is, “the university that built Norway”. Upholding this tradition calls for cooperation with institutions worldwide, links with industry, and home-based facilities that are centres of gravity for international researchers, says the Rector Gunnar Bovim

The EU’s main climate innovation initiative, Climate-KIC, will open a new Nordic centre next month, in Denmark. Chalmers University of Technology is among the partners of the new centre.

The Startup Europe Partnership and the European Digital Forum gather global entrepreneurs, universities and financial institutions, and aim to close the gap between Europe and Silicon Valley