A new study of the distribution of innovative companies in the UK has huge implications for how innovation policies across Europe are focussed to maximise economic growth and job creation
ICT has the technology and applications on hand to improve the efficiency of Europe’s healthcare systems. An EU task force charged with speeding these capabilities through to the bedside gets down to work this week
During a recent speech Bob Dudley, Group CEO for BP, said that he expects the oil industry to keep exploring new ways to extract fossil fuels in order to help fulfil the world's energy needs
Three ambitious pan-European biological sciences research infrastructures have been given the green light. At the same time the European Strategy Forum has added three energy projects - costing €1.2 billion - to its wish list of infrastructures
The first phase of a €600 million public-private partnership to build the Internet of the Future, with the capacity to transmit data from mobile phones and embedded devices is launched
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
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