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‘Use-it-wisely’ researches new ways to extend lifespan of products

Earlier this autumn, the Karolinska Institutet board (konsistoriet) asked Acting Vice-Chancellor Karin Dahlman-Wright to draft an action plan in response to the recommendations made by Heckscher’s independent inquiry into KI’s handling of the Macchiarini affair.

The proposed thermal-energy storage (TES) system provides active control of the heat-transfer fluid outflow temperature. Therefore, the TES system can be discharged at constant power and temperature even in the presence of fluctuations in the thermal input during charging.

As external threats to computer systems mount – with one UK hospital this week postponing operations following a cyberattack - the government takes a lead in highlighting the need for cybersecurity research push

UK-based Scientists for Global Responsibility calls for a serious debate among scientists before the EU ‘crosses the line’ into defence R&D

Four months after the Brexit vote, the landscape is as uncertain for UK companies as on 24 June. The needs of life sciences must be understood and the sector given a bigger say in exit negotiations, says former health minister, Stephen Dorrell

Country joins the battle to host the EU's London-based drug agency after Brexit

Legal battle in Hawaii is forcing project managers to look at the Canary Islands as new location for Thirty Metre Telescope

The EU-funded Innovative Medicines Initiative is making advances in harnessing health records at scale, unlocking the power of data to tackle hard-to-beat diseases

Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes and the municipality of Amsterdam will invest heavily in making scientific knowledge and technology available for societal and economic applications

European Commission has put forward rules on how R&D could be supported through an ambitious new tax system. In an example given by the Commission, a company that spends €30 million on R&D could deduct €42.5 million from its taxable income

EU parliament approves large-scale spending on military research for the first time

European Commission’s new space policy encourages companies to take commercial advantage of the huge earth image datasets generated by the Sentinel satellite fleet

Fall in the pound pushes up price of chemical reagents and lab equipment for UK researchers

Making the case for giving citizens a say on future science paths and some other ideas for the European Commission’s next research programme

Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy tells Science|Busines how to get scientific evidence across to a broader public