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The EU’s main climate innovation initiative Climate-KIC and regional research and innovation network ERRIN have signed a memorandum of understanding at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels today (19 March 2014), agreeing to develop joint activities and share information.

Bringing science closer to the population is what Maya Halevy has being doing for the last 30 years. In this Q&A she talks about expanding her image to all of Europe and changing the way we teach

Transformation of power systems is necessary to guarantee flexibility over long term, but this will be more difficult in some markets than in others

Europe’s research and innovation vitals are looking good, claimed President José Manuel Barroso this week, as researchers and policymakers descended on Brussels

Leading entrepreneurs working to commercialise publicly-funded university research point to a lack of understanding of how IP should be shaped and protected to ensure commercial success.

The European Commission has recognised three innovators, in the fields of space, neuroscience and molecular diagnostics

Venture capitalists should be in charge of picking technology winners, not civil servants, says Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman and interim CEO of Nokia

Following criticisms of the first phase in Framework Programme 7, the JTI public-private partnerships are to be remodelled to ensure flexibility whilst increasing transparency

The EU scoreboard, published this week shows the pace of innovation has slowed in almost one fifth of Europe’s regions

Three faculty members earn top honours for their outstanding case writing scholarship combining theory and practise

Researchers at the University of Warwick’s School of Life Sciences have been awarded substantial funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The grants, worth £1.712m to the University, will support cutting-edge research in environmental microbiology, crop evolution and facilities improvement.

By using clinical data and computer models, Chalmers researchers could identify previously unknown mechanisms behind our most common liver disease. The new knowledge will be used to improve both treatment and diagnosis.

Too great a focus on short-term innovation could damage the long-term ability to grow. New policies are needed to encourage longer cycle innovation and local production, says Hiram Samel of Oxford University’s Saїd Business School