Science diplomacy can work when other kinds of politics and diplomacy have failed, says Carlos Moedas, outgoing commissioner for research and innovation
Europe needs a nuanced and flexible approach to extract the full potential AI holds for extending coverage, improving diagnoses and increasing staff productivity in healthcare
Chair of UK parliament’s science committee, Norman Lamb, predicts UK will support entry to the next EU research programme, ‘almost at any cost, almost whatever the terms’
Anita Krohn Traaseth, member of the European Innovation Council’s advisory board, says Europe can take the lead in the coming wave of technology-driven growth
Viewpoint: Compliance with the rules should be an obvious requirement for spin-out companies – so why has it tripped up many a budding entrepreneur? One expert in providing advice to start-ups gives his view
Daniel Zajfman, head of the Weizmann Institute, one of Israel’s leading research universities, explains his formula for promoting excellence. Fund researchers and give them full independence and control over the direction of their work, he says
EU competition policy is holding the continent back, Lithuania’s former prime minister Andrius Kubilius, now an MEP and sitting on the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy committee, tells Science|Business
Rosie Hicks, head of the Australian Research Data Commons shares her thoughts on open science. Europe and Australia should make sure their data sharing infrastructures can interoperate, she says