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Formula for a breakthrough: hard work and long-term stable funding

As the European Research Council turns 10, grantee Ben Feringa, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, gives Science|Business his recipe for success. The secret ingredient? Funding for the long haul in the lab

06 Apr 2017

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EU must not tolerate the threat to academic freedom in Hungary

As the national assembly gathers to vote on higher education rules that could force the Central European University to close, CEU alumna Zsuzsanna Végh says the EU cannot allow a member state to undermine intellectual freedom and academic autonomy

04 Apr 2017

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Start-ups must be made to feel at ease to grow in Europe

As head of innovation at EIT Digital, Chahab Nastar gives entrepreneurs the guidance to scale-up that was missing when he was building his own company

30 Mar 2017

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Horizon 2020’s continued funding of big companies should be questioned

Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, MEP, will challenge the European Commission to better justify the money it awards to industry for research projects in an opinion to be delivered to the Parliament on Thursday.

23 Mar 2017

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‘Know-Nothing’ Trump cuts science funding – and opens a door for Europe

Budget cuts proposed in Washington ignore what we know about the value of science. To support science everywhere, join us April 22 on the streets, at Science March Brussels

17 Mar 2017

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Alaska is a case study on the perils of ignoring global warming

Climate change is happening, as Alaska vividly demonstrates. Now is time to prepare, says US ecologist Richard Boone, offering the Netherlands as one role model

16 Mar 2017

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Robots are coming, but not for your job, says EU digital chief

“I do not believe in the mass unemployment scenario,” Andrus Ansip tells industry heads

09 Mar 2017

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France and not Germany may be UK’s friend in Brexit tech talks

With little sign of German flexibility on tech issues ahead of Brexit negotiations, the UK could have better luck extracting concessions from France

02 Mar 2017

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Horizon 2020 is a success and the evidence is there to prove it

Greg Arrowsmith of the Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres, responds to clean tech entrepreneur Michael Liebreich’s contention that Horizon 2020 is having little impact. You need to look in the right places, he says

23 Feb 2017

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EU should step up research in Antarctica

A treasure trove of scientific opportunities, the frozen continent faces threats from climate change and a possible race for resources. Time to consider creating a European Antarctic Agency to advance research and protect the environment, says European External Action Service expert Didier Schmitt

15 Feb 2017

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Formula for a breakthrough: hard work and long-term stable funding

EU must not tolerate the threat to academic freedom in Hungary

Start-ups must be made to feel at ease to grow in Europe

Horizon 2020’s continued funding of big companies should be questioned

‘Know-Nothing’ Trump cuts science funding – and opens a door for Europe

Alaska is a case study on the perils of ignoring global warming

Robots are coming, but not for your job, says EU digital chief

France and not Germany may be UK’s friend in Brexit tech talks

Horizon 2020 is a success and the evidence is there to prove it

EU should step up research in Antarctica

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