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Makeover at the top as director general for research and innovation, Robert-Jan Smits is replaced by Jean-Eric Paquet and new recruits are lined up for nine other posts

Some see National Science Foundation move as latest retreat in US diplomacy under Trump administration – but agency says it will send more science envoys on visits abroad

An analysis based on the EU survey of health, ageing and retirement shows children who grew up in disadvantaged households will be in poorer health as adults, even if their socio-economic status improves

Babylon Health, a smartphone app powered by artificial intelligence, is making online diagnoses and has cut waiting times from two weeks to two hours – with the added convenience of remote consultations

Advisor lays out plan for how Europe can strengthen manufacturing base and keep pace with rivals in ‘key enabling technologies’

EU executive, concerned about negotiations for next long-term budget dragging out, underlines the harm it would do to EU priorities

The wireless industry appeals to the European Commission to promote a more coordinated approach to fast internet networks

Italy’s Paolo De Castro shares his vision of agriculture’s future and how cuts to the EU farm budget would endanger it

Sweden’s experience in shifting the focus of EU-funded research from a thematic base to a defined, higher-impact approach could provide a template for mission-oriented research in Framework Programme 9. That would also open up FP9 to less-developed regions and third countries

A new Science|Business report finds costs may be lower than expected for the EU’s ambitious plans to better connect researchers and their data across the continent – and examines ways to fund it