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Unusually, innovation is on the agenda at the meeting Feb. 4 of European leaders in Brussels. On the eve of this summit, a group of innovation leaders calls for a sweeping overhaul of the system.

Former Academic Enterprise Award (ACES) winner Novacem, a spin-out specialised in carbon negative cement, has secured a follow-on investment from the London Technology Fund.

It’s a year since Maire Geoghegan-Quinn stepped into her post, promising to be a woman of action. This week came the first concrete fruits of that pledge, with a pruning of R&D grant rules. But how much progress is the Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science judged to have made elsewhere?

The European Commission has opened an official consultation procedure, in preparation of possible changes to public procurement rules.

Being first on the moon looks trifling next to all the things science is expected to do for us now

As the financial crisis forces governments across the European Union to cut spending on scientific research, will Europe’s 110,000 foundations and charities, which control assets of €350 billion, fill the gap? This is the question being asked by European Commission officials as they seek to fuel further investment in research and innovation

The European Research Council has appointed new members of its governing Scientific Council, while it is still uncertain how the organisation should be run as a whole.

As part of a major reorganisation, Japanese electronics company Hitachi plans to increase its number of R&D personnel in Europe.