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“I’m offering to come to Brussels and demonstrate on my (or your) laptop the value of text and data mining for open science,” says Peter Murray-Rust of Cambridge University, as he presses the EU to go further on copyright reform

Fusion project faces further scrutiny after MEPs criticise project management

The government has now received proposals for the members of the KI University Board (konsistoriet) whom it is to appoint. The proposals were submitted by the nomination committee, comprising County Governor Christ Heister, former University Chancellor Lars Haikola and a student representative.

Tekes reinforces its research and development funding by introducing new funding services for growth companies.

A new method allows scientists at ETH Zurich and IBM to fabricate artificial molecules out of different types of microspheres. The researchers would like to one day use such tiny objects in micro-robots, for photonics and basic biochemical research.

The days of open science have arrived and it is time to move from pay-to-read to free-to-read, says the R&D Commissioner. But publishers want to keep their subscriptions and applied research labs are concerned about IP

Universities UK and Scientists for EU, two of the leading UK referendum campaign groups, will provide insights into their campaigns.

Solar cells with graphene as conductive material is what the new three year collaboration programme between Applied Chemistry researchers from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and chemists at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, aim for.

EU’s controversial billion-euro initiative invites scientists outside the project to use and test its computing platforms

On Friday, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) opened its doors to allow particles to travel around the ring for the first time since the year-end technical stop (YETS) began in December 2015. At 10.30 am, a first bunch was circulating and by midday the beam was circulating in both directions.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University, together with a group of contributing local companies, are starting a new Tekes-funded project on optical switching and transmission technologies to improve the scalability and energy-efficiency of data centres and 5G networks where the volumes of data transfer grow exponentially.

A new data tool lets scientists scour and download almost 500 datasets

The EU Commission is canvassing views on whether the process of assessing research projects should be more open to public eyes

Fears big data could affect insurance coverage and be used to track the performance of clinicians are holding back adoption. But big data means better data, according to speakers at a Science|Business conference

Innovation and research are distinct activities. If Europe is to extract greater value from its science we need an independent European Innovation Council, with a different brief from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and separate from the European Research Council

The four-year Gliomark project aims to develop and commercialise a novel diagnostic for brain cancer. It has been funded by the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument

A new survey by the one of Europe’s biggest crowdfunding platforms, Seedrs, finds business community evenly divided on EU membership

Entrepreneurs are made, not born. An award-winning Finnish scheme is teaching primary pupils entrepreneurial skills and instilling an entrepreneurial mindset

For the second year in a row, two scientists from King’s College London have been shortlisted as winners of the 15th Wellcome Image Awards, which annually showcases the best in science image making.

To meet the challenge of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a concerted effort and long-term economic commitment is needed, according to a new expert report by internationally leading researchers in the field. The journal Lancet Neurology devotes its entire April issue to a detailed overview and recommendations about how patient care, as well as basic and clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias should be organised in the future. The report will be presented at a workshop hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels on March 15, during the Brain Awareness Week 2016.