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Researchers in 10 countries have begun a major new project studying the link between socioeconomic status and healthy ageing.

I don’t want to hear again that an SME is not interested in EU support because there is too much red tape, Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu says, promising reform

Sentinel-2A, part of the EU’s Copernicus programme, will provide unprecedented images of Earth

The BEAM Alliance – Biotechs from Europe innovating in Antimicrobial Resistance - brings together 37 companies from ten countries to accelerate progress in dealing with drug-resistant infections

Nickel Institute has joined with 48 other industry organisations to present a joint position paper with recommendations for better regulation in chemicals management

The Nickel Institute is pleased to announce that David Butler, currently Executive Director & General Counsel, has been appointed President, effective 1 June 2015.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started delivering physics data today for the first time in 27 months.

Funding will be used to cover the recruitment of professors to key research areas.

The House of Natural Resources (HoNR) is a flagship project for a hardwood building. Today marked the inauguration of the office building on ETH’s Hönggerberg campus after 18 months of construction. It is an exciting development for researchers at ETH Zurich as the building will serve as a research laboratory for sustainable construction.

Europe’s pharma industry says the €2.2B cut to Horizon 2020 is misguided, while scientists and MEPs declare themselves happy, for the most part, that the cut is less than the €2.7B originally proposed

A complete ban on animal research would be premature and risk chasing biomedical research out of Europe the Commission says in response to the ‘Stop Vivisection’ European Citizen’s Initiative

Following pressure from the EU Ombudsman, the Commission has responded with a list of changes to the way it recruits experts who advise on legislation. But there is nothing to ensure overall balance, NGOs say

The Commission wants Europe to be “global leader in this emerging technology” but pilots say European airspace needs better safety first

There are several barriers holding back science-industry collaboration, but the most urgent one is the reluctance to protect intellectual property in advance of publishing research results, according to two of Poland’s leading patent attorneys

Science diplomacy can light the way where other kinds of politics and diplomacy have failed, says Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas

Since its 2014 launch the SME instrument has attracted applications from across Europe. But the quality is low, with only 12% passing the quality threshold. Bernd Reichert, head of unit at the Executive Agency for SMEs, offers tips for success

The Science to Business Programme is a fundamental component of ESOF 2016 and will provide opportunities for industrialists, researchers, policy makers and business/academia support organisations to engage with one another, learn, network and debate the issues surrounding the exploitation of breakthroughs in science and share ideas and best practise for improving the commercial outcomes from research.

Following tough negotiations, the European Commission has announced it will cut €500M less from the Horizon 2020 research programme, after additional money is found in the EU budget