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There’s a real opportunity for the European Parliament and US Congress to work together on research, standards and regulations to improve the overall climate for innovation, says Bart Gordon, former chairman of the US House Committee on Science and Technology.

With the administration of EU research projects widely acknowledged to be a significant burden for universities, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) is making concrete suggestions for how the rules can be simplified.

The winner of the GE Smart Grid Award in the Science|Business Academic Enterprise Awards – presented at ETH Zurich in February - has developed technology to prevent electricity blackouts caused by lightening strikes and power surges

The body representing young researchers, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) has published its views on the Future of EU Research and Innovation Funding.

Building on its heritage as a former technology transfer office, Imperial Innovations is now applying its £160M cash mountain to redraw the landscape for academic spin-outs

The EU’s proposal for a research project on Active and Healthy Ageing has struck a chord, with over 500 responses to the public consultation on what shape it should take and how it should be funded

Over 75% of UK cleantech companies plan to expand their workforce in the next 12 months, but small firms say lack of finance is an obstacle to growth

As GlaxoSmithKline backs off, the UK Medical Research Council and three universities take on responsibility for centre

The European Institute of Innovation & Technology is looking to recruit a specialist team to drive its entrepreneurial activities forward

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology is starting to formulate plans for the next EU funding cycle, and is looking for more money to run more projects

The Commission is ploughing on with the single patent despite legal uncertainties, putting new legal proposals at the heart of efforts to revive Europe’s open market.

MEPs want to establish conditions where anyone can innovate. But evidence suggests such a protected environment won’t promote entrepreneurialism