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A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology has found that kidney cancer cells have a quite different metabolism than other types of malignancies. The findings pave the way for new methods of diagnosing kidney cancer at an early stage, a feat that had eluded researchers earlier, and thereby fresh approaches to treatment.

Switzerland’s beacon status as a hub for collaboration and excellence in science is in question after the suspension of talks on the country’s association in the €80B Horizon 2020 and €14.7B Erasmus programmes

Horizon 2020 contains some important fixes, but does not allow enough flexibility to change the course of research if the unexpected happens, says Juha Ylä-Jääski, President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland

Ultra high-speed fifth-generation networks will roll out in 2020 and connect 100 billion devices, scientist says.

Preparation for two new knowledge and innovation communities is underway, with bids invited in healthy living and active ageing and sustainable raw materials

EU officials expect to be inundated with grant applications, but maintain that simplification of Horizon 2020 procedures will accommodate SMEs and young researchers

Strong growth in apps could account for 2.7 million software developers and 2.1 million support staff by 2018, according to a new study

New UC Berkeley research project unlocks the potential to gain energy from oceans.

Despite the turmoil, Egyptian researchers and entrepreneurs try to spur innovations. The EU’s Horizon 2020 aims to help.

Aalto University has been selected to coordinate the Rio+20 Implementation in the Nordic Higher Education Institutes project, which aims to improve the implementation of and policy instruments related to sustainable development in Nordic Higher Education Institutes. Another aim is to encourage higher education institutes to adopt the principles of sustainability.

One of the world's leading medical universities, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, now offers online MOOCs (massive open online courses). This gives hundreds of thousands of students worldwide access to the university's leading edge expertise.

Funding of expensive research equipment is in the process of changing in Sweden. To ensure that Chalmers researchers have access to the best conceivable equipment in light of the transition now under way, Chalmers has put forward a plan of action.

ETH Zurich and EPFL are jointly entering into a new research partnership with Microsoft Research. Over five years, Microsoft Research will provide five million Swiss francs of funding to support IT research projects. Microsoft researchers will also work closely with the scientists at the two universities.

Productivity in the pharma industry is up, but the origins of more than half of new drugs lies outside corporate labs.

Amendments to the European Data Protection regulation proposed in response to revelations of blanket electronic eavesdropping by the US must be dropped. If not, major international research projects in cancer, obesity and Alzheimer’s disease will come to a stop, say R&D funding bodies

ERC-funded researchers will receive up to €150,000 each to bring their research closer to the market

A new project is commencing at the UCL Energy Institute to better understand the potential role of biomass in the UK energy system.

DG Research & Innovation (DG RTD) will host a free interactive information event on Horizon 2020 for SMEs in Brussels, March 3