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UK announces new £20M ETI project set to advance carbon capture technologies

As EU countries struggle to get CSS off the ground, a new British project is to develop and demonstrate advanced carbon capture technology for gas-fired power stations

18 Oct 2012

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Open Innovation trumps not invented here

Advertising its ‘wants’ online has unlocked a fresh seam of ideas and is motivating in-house researchers at Unilever, says Roger Leech, the company’s Open Innovation Scouting Director

18 Oct 2012

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Action plan promised to boost entrepreneurship

Europe needs its SMEs to drag it out of economic crisis, but most are operating below their 2008 levels. Now the Commission is promising to get them growing with “the most ambitious action plan to boost entrepreneurship Europe has ever seen”

18 Oct 2012

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Driving innovation and growth

The 2012 EIT and ACES Awards Yearbook contains detailed profiles of this year's winning companies, EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou's vision on innovative entrepreneurship and an introduction by Chairman of the EIT's Governing Board Alexander von Gabain.

15 Oct 2012

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Research ministers agree on simpler funding rules for Horizon 2020

The Council of Ministers largely goes along with the European Commission’s proposal for a simplified reimbursement structure for the EU’s next research programme

11 Oct 2012

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Three Cambridge spin-outs in Global Cleantech 100

10 Oct 2012

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ETH to receive 10M CHF from Philips Healthcare

10 Oct 2012

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Think Big: How to reap the greatest gains in energy and materials efficiency

Five key energy-intensive materials are biggest contributor to industrial emissions

04 Oct 2012

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Halfway there: more change is needed to win the innovation race

At the mid-point of her mandate, Research and Innovation Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn says a lot has been done, but there is more to do, and some tough battles to win

04 Oct 2012

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Imperial spin-out listed in the 2012 Globaltech 100

03 Oct 2012

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ESA astronauts and Star Trek actors to join debate in EU Parliament

As EU Member States fight over the Horizon 2020 budget, MEPs will meet with astronauts and science fiction actors in bid to inspire a new generation of innovators

03 Oct 2012

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Resource Innovation: New ideas for managing scarce resources and energy

By 2050 the EU needs to achieve a 4 to 10-fold increase in resource efficiency, and major gains are needed by 2020. Policy makers must now launch a vital shift to resource-lean production, and eco-innovation.

28 Sep 2012

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TSB manages a £3M green innovation competiton

27 Sep 2012

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Waste not, want not: Eco-innovation action plan targets radical shift in use of resources

Europe needs to apply its world-leading science to create a resource-efficient economy. Banning landfills could be one route to inspiring innovation, pulling in investment and changing waste into new raw materials, says Commissioner Potočnik

27 Sep 2012

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Health Matters: Horizon 2020 must fund research in neglected diseases

The evidence is that research into poverty-related and neglected diseases will both benefit developing countries and improve Europe’s economy. Amongst many competing demands it is crucial that R&D funding for global health is maintained in Horizon 2020 says Karen Hoehn

27 Sep 2012

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Live webcast with Commissioner Potočnik

Eco-innovation: Harnessing R&D for a green economy - how can industry and universities benefit from the Commission's ‘Eco-Innovation Action Plan’ - streamed live from Brussels.

26 Sep 2012

Brussels

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The EU’s Eco-Innovation Action Plan: ‘green jobs and green growth’

An analysis the EU's eco-innovation strategy in preparation of the Science|Business Q&A with EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik

25 Sep 2012

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Call for policy coordination to boost SMEs

The European Parliament calls for an ‘internationalisation strategy’ to create a single set of rules for small companies - and unleash entrepreneurial potential

20 Sep 2012

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EU hatching new plan for transport R&D

Commissioners announce effort to mobilise greener and more efficient transport for Europe

20 Sep 2012

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ESADE study describes the TV of the future

20 Sep 2012

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UK announces new £20M ETI project set to advance carbon capture technologies

Open Innovation trumps not invented here

Action plan promised to boost entrepreneurship

Driving innovation and growth

Research ministers agree on simpler funding rules for Horizon 2020

Three Cambridge spin-outs in Global Cleantech 100

ETH to receive 10M CHF from Philips Healthcare

Think Big: How to reap the greatest gains in energy and materials efficiency

Halfway there: more change is needed to win the innovation race

Imperial spin-out listed in the 2012 Globaltech 100

ESA astronauts and Star Trek actors to join debate in EU Parliament

Resource Innovation: New ideas for managing scarce resources and energy

TSB manages a £3M green innovation competiton

Waste not, want not: Eco-innovation action plan targets radical shift in use of resources

Health Matters: Horizon 2020 must fund research in neglected diseases

Live webcast with Commissioner Potočnik

The EU’s Eco-Innovation Action Plan: ‘green jobs and green growth’

Call for policy coordination to boost SMEs

EU hatching new plan for transport R&D

ESADE study describes the TV of the future

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