As the number one priority for ICT research, the 10-year FET Flagship projects in graphene and computer modelling of the brain announced this week are guaranteed €1B each - regardless of any cuts in the proposed €80B Horizon 2020 programme
The reform of data protection will lead to a surge of innovation in products and services and make the public sector more efficient, the Commission promises. But this won’t happen if ICT skills continue to be neglected
Willow trees cultivated for green energy can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally up towards the sky.
Six of the world’s most prestigious public drug discovery organisations are joining forces in a bid to improve the conversion rate of basic research into much-needed new therapies
Universities have a pivotal role to play in responding to the Grand Challenges, fostering innovation and creating growth and social wellbeing. How should these institutions respond to this task? asks Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, President of Euroscience and Rector of Aarhus University, Denmark
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