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The number of people actively involved in starting a business in Sweden is growing faster than in Germany and France, which along with Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain have the lowest levels of entrepreneurial activity in Europe, says a new report

There is no dossier, but anecdotal evidence that British researchers are being sidelined in putting together proposals for Horizon 2020 grants is growing

Four experts – from the US, Italy and Belgium - argue the case in “The Great IP Debate” 26 July, 1710-1825, Exchange Hall

UK withdrawal from the EU will fundamentally change the basic scope of the Unitary Patent and the associated Unitary Patent Court. This could permanently jeopardise the launch of the European single patent

This is among the first standalonemode NB-IoT, Narrowband Internet-of-Things, implementations in the world.

A team of students from UCL have been announced as winners of a national competition for creating new digital tools and apps for learning.

KTH researchers have opened a route to large-scale hydrogen production by discovering a better way to split water without relying on precious metals.

Uncertainty reigns in British science, not least because the UK gets more out in R&D funding than it contributes. Nicola Blackwood MP, chair of parliament’s Science and Technology Committee, has written to Chancellor George Osborne demanding answers

Putting patients at the centre will extract more value and promote sustainability of Europe’s healthcare systems. A new charter signed last week sets out principles for patient empowerment to achieve this

The top six universities in the UK are involved in Horizon 2020 projects worth almost €500M. Vice chancellors are anxiously seeking reassurances on current research and the question of access to future EU R&D programmes

UK industry experts played a leading role in hammering out new medical devices rules signed off the week before Brexit referendum. Now they fear they will be barred from the system

In the wake of the UK vote to leave the EU, leaders offer reassurances to researchers anxious about the effects on science

Europe’s digital sector, already grappling with skill shortages and a lack of scale, is bracing itself for the Brexit hit. Entrepreneurs, investors and CEOs fear UK withdrawal will undermine competitiveness in the sector as a whole

“A vote for Brexit would be a disaster,” said the UK Life Sciences Minister George Freeman in advance of the referendum. Now the sector must face up to that bleak reality

Focus on bridge-building, open the science cloud, clarify the rules – these are among the steps that the EU should now take to turn the UK’s departure from disaster to opportunity

Vote sets UK up for two year-long negotiation on terms of withdrawal, funding uncertainty for universities and concern about the future standing of British science

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Spin-outs from the university have made major contributions to computing and biotech, but in the past most were sold and the technology moved out. Now start-ups have become ‘sticky’ and multinational acquirers are staying put