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According to new Nature Index, collaboration between scientists in the UK and those elsewhere in the EU increased over the past four years

Topping up the Juncker Plan would be premature and is not supported by evidence, concludes the European Court of Auditors. The Commission’s riposte is that the claim is “plain wrong”

Video interview with Martin Ingvar, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet

The report outlines several possible actions that the Commission and member-states could take to coordinate their digital health policies better, including a three-year plan for action.

The report says equipment installed in hospitals is older than ever before, and says about 3,000 of the CT units are obsolete. Out-dated devices are unable to use the latest advances in the field, which would mean less radiation exposure for patients.

A research group at the University of Oxford reports developing an online tool to track unreported results. It compares the US Food and Drug Administration’s list of permissions to start trials with the published reports of those trials online. The group notes the methodology isn’t perfect, but does provide some estimates on the extent of the problem.

Social media conversations between people living with rheumatoid arthritis are set to be mined for insights into the treatment of this chronic, painful and disabling condition.

Patients can play active role in shaping drug development and treatment goals, but they need intelligible information to do so

The Scientific Advice Mechanism team has delivered its first report, concluding a new way of assessing vehicle exhaust gases will reduce discrepancies between the lab and the road

What Trump’s election could mean for science and technology – if we keep our heads

The joint effort of Aalto, University of Helsinki and HUS may help Parkinson's patients and people with memory disorders.

A UCL-led consortium has been awarded £4m to establish a new national High Performance Computing (HPC) facility for the Materials and Molecular Modelling community.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new cell culture method, which may very well enable to forgo certain tests on animals in the future. The scientists were awarded an international prize for more humane treatment of laboratory animals.

Preparations for future €1B research project include several UK figures

Trump’s lead in the social media stakes contributed to the election victory, says the tech leaders meeting in Lisbon

Uncertainty over the future home of the EU’s drug regulator is impacting recruitment and staff motivation, director tells MEPs

Europe confronts implications of remarkable upset in US election. ‘He has no idea about technology,’ says MEP

A very comprehensive 2011 report that contains a basic introduction to PROMs and their potential to improve healthcare services, as well as recommendations for methods of data collection and interpretation and understanding outcomes.

As part of its regular review of health systems in the developed countries, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has been incorporating more statistics on what patients think of their treatments. This site includes a selection of results, and recommendations.