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MEP Andrew Duff argues that it would be a disaster for science – in both the UK and Europe – if Britain left the EU

It’s hard to save electricity when you don’t know where it’s going. Qualisteo’s Wattseeker reads the fingerprints of electrical systems to make monitoring energy use easier and less costly

EBI & Berkeley Lab show that not all microbes are alike when it comes to making enzymes with improved properties

The world’s leading technology clusters grew organically, over decades. The question for countries and regions setting out to develop their innovation ecosystems, is how to capitalize on university research and catch up quickly. It’s possible to accelerate the process, says Matt Van Itallie

A total of 287 researchers are in line to receive €400 million in the final round of starting grants awarded under Framework Programme 7

Crop-based biofuels, once the poster child of EU environmental policy, are no longer to be the main vehicle for reaching clean transport targets. While environmentalists welcome investment in advanced biofuels and renewable energy, industry craves greater regulatory certainty

From acceleration programmes to hands-on support; encouraging every student to pinpointing true entrepreneurs; and from tech transfer strategies to using dating agency algorithms in the search for the perfect industrial partner – how universities can have spin-out success

Patented signal processing techniques developed at EPFL help slash energy consumption in electronic devices and increase data transmission speed

As energy consumption for transport in cities is expected to double by 2050, report sees potential savings of up to USD 70 trillion

After 8 years the standard agreement will be revised, following evidence that it is little used and is seen as straightjacketing relationships between industry and academics, rather than enabling and supporting them

Two technical agencies, US NIST and EU JRC, agree to expand cooperation in 10 sectors, as negotiations on a new trade deal enter second week