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Mendeley - the winner of a Science|Business ACES award and pioneering provider of social media tools that allow scientists to share and mine data - and collaborate online - has been bought up by the publishing giant Elsevier

She herself is a perfect role model and now Europe’s chief Scientist Anne Glover is spearheading a drive to attract more people into science. First, we need to change the image of scientists, she says

The move to encourage wider access to the results of publicly-funded research will have limited impact without the associated tools, networks and standards that are needed for sharing and mining of data. The Research Data Alliance aims to provide them

More than 100 stakeholders from around globe discuss best practices for addressing environmental and social concerns over unconventional gas development

Overall Europe’s innovation performance is up, despite economic woes. But the best performers are pulling further ahead of the rest of the field, and the top global players outside Europe still dominate

Technology transfer in Germany is ripe for reform. A grace period for filing patents would help – and industry collaboration needs an overhaul, says Jörg Steinbach, President of the Technical University of Berlin

The problems with technology transfer arise because it is entrusted to universities and research funding bodies. The act of preparing research for commercialisation requires commercial skills, and should be handled by independent commercial bodies

University and industry lobbyists are gearing up for a busy spring in Brussels, as the Parliament and the Council lock horns on the 2014 - 2020 budget, with investment in Horizon 2020 up for grabs once more