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The European Research Area is too fractured and much by inward-looking national priorities, an advisory body warns, urging a fundamental shift in the way research is done.

Interim Director Jack Metthey tells Science|Business he is banishing the red tape that threatens to undermine the European Research Council’s hard-earned reputation for funding excellent research.

A £25 million centre at Queen’s University Belfast will gather together expertise in data security, network security, wireless network enabled systems and surveillance intelligence systems.

Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing has produced a new guide to show how to follow in the footsteps of firms that have embraced open innovation.

The UK has began a consultation on a new system for assessing the quality of university research that will also take into account the quality of tech transfer.

One of Europe’s pre-eminent figures in university technology transfer is standing down as Vice President of Research at ETH Zurich after data were shown to have been falsified.

The Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology has named Gérard de Nazelle, from Shell, as the first director.

Europe needs to expand its focus in biotech beyond healthcare, and apply it as a tool to fight climate change, a conference in Barcelona heard.

In the second of a two-part series John Wood, chair of the European Research Area Board, considers the role the Internet will play in shaping the European Research Area.