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Rendering of a tokamak at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. © Borshch Filipp, shutterstock
The inauguration of the world’s most powerful fusion machine brings the dream of clean, safe and abundant power closer.
Nutritional meals at schools in Europe can improve children’s health and wellbeing. © Robert Kneschke, Shutterstock.com
Offering nutritious meals to students can improve diets and counter obesity across Europe.
Dr David Payne says that there is currently little incentive for pharma companies to develop antibiotics. Image credit – Dr David Payne
We tend to take antibiotics for granted and not value them in a way that matches their lifesaving…
The ability to store electricity using hydrogen could make wind and solar power a secure energy source, freeing Europe from its dependency on imported fossil fuels, according to Bert De Colvenaer,…
The challenge of tackling some diseases is too great for just one institution, company or country. The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) is showing that by bringing people together, real progress…
Electronic systems are at the heart of new technology, and a partnership between the EU and industry aims to secure Europe's supply. 
Europe’s skies will be cleaner and quieter thanks to a proposed partnership between the EU and industry. During the partnership, technologies will be developed to help cut noise and…
Europe’s agricultural by-products could be increasingly used to give people greener everyday commodities, such as oil-free vehicle fuel and bio-plastics, thanks to a planned multi-billion-euro…
Zero emission vehicles could help reduce Europe’s carbon footprint, create jobs and preserve energy security if investment in an ambitious new energy partnership pays off.
A multi-billion-euro partnership between the EU and the pharmaceutical industry in Europe plans to target the top diseases, as identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), over the next decade.
Solving major challenges like finding alternatives to fossil fuels and new antibiotics, boosting the competitiveness of EU industry in sectors that provide good jobs, and bringing research to market…