Ministers representing many of the world's main economic powers met on 6 September 2013 to show their support for one of the world’s most ambitious scientific experiments – a nuclear fusion reactor that will operate at temperatures ten times hotter than the core of the sun.

Scientists have managed to grow stem cells that can be adapted to treat pancreatic diseases.

The EU-funded Rapidcool technology to cool canned drinks in 45 seconds is over 80 % more energy efficient than the open-front drink refrigerators found in many shops.

France opened the IPANEMA research laboratory dedicated to studying ancient materials on Thursday 12 September at the SOLEIL synchrotron near Versailles.

Researchers supported by the EU have used gene therapy to treat a rare inherited condition that can cause cancer.

Satellite data released in the run-up to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting on 27 September show CO₂ levels are continuing to rise, despite efforts to cut back emissions.

Human consciousness could be the result of many regions of the brain working together, that’s the finding of anaesthesia researchers in Belgium and Germany who have received EU funding.

Scientists have grown brains just a few millimetres across that could be used for modelling diseases and testing drugs.

The European Food Safety Authority explains some of the science behind its work in a series of online videos.