eHealth systems Putting the patient at the centre Interoperability and building trust in the privacy and security of eHealth systems is the route to patient-centric healthcare Read more >>

Free multimedia for the developing world What developing countries need is a stable, sustainable, robust and low-cost means of delivering services and information. Read more >>

The Trento algorithm: A research recipe from Italy Take an ancient town, a new university, Microsoft Research and a fresh approach to computational systems biology. Mix well. Then apply… Read more >>

Kiwigrid tames your household energy consumption There’s a new technology coming into your home. But unlike many, this one should save you money. Read more >>

Low carbon: Public-private partnerships take up the challenge Big challenges can encourage big solutions, and at the end of last year there was no challenge bigger than Europe’s response to the economic turmoil... Read more >>

Smart software improves environmental forecasting Environmental scientists face many challenges in monitoring and understanding our planet’s changing climate. Read more >>

Computing the energy problem In May 2009, a Brussels seminar examined the potential of computers to save energy – and the obstacles to realising that potential. Read more >>

A programmer’s progress: Michał Moskal’s journey How a student from Wrocław became an expert in software verification – via Aachen and Redmond. Read more >>

Films inspire researcher’s work on futuristic computer displays As a teenager in 1990s war-torn Kosovo, Alban Rrustemi loved a good crime film – especially one with computing gadgets. Read more >>

Commission to propose Innovation Act Is a European Innovation Act what’s needed to make Europe more innovative and strengthen growth and competitiveness in the EU? Policymakers, analysts... Read more >>

EMBL’s Peer Bork recognised for work in bioinformatics Peer Bork, who heads a team of bioinformatic researchers at the Heidelberg, Germany- based European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), has been... Read more >>

Albert II visits the Microsoft innovation centre in Mons On 16 June 2009, the King of Belgium, Albert II, visited one of Belgium’s innovation hotspots, the Digital Innovation Valley in Mons. During the visit... Read more >>

Time to get going again When the new Commission is appointed, it will find a raft of proposals waiting for it – all aimed at putting research, development and innovation at... Read more >>

HiBi workshop seeks answers to model questions Fifty-five researchers met in Trento, Italy, in October to look for collaborative solutions to the limitations that are emerging in the way that... Read more >>

Open for innovation John Wood, Chair of the European Research Area Board, gives a personal assessment of how research needs to change and adapt to face the future. Read more >>

That special spark : A helping hand for innovative start-ups Who would start a business development for start-ups in a slump? That’s precisely when it has to be done, says Microsoft. Read more >>

Constructive disruption Microsoft’s Akhtar Badshah wants to be a disruptive influence Read more >>

The swarm is coming… Making molecular computing a reality Inspired by biology, Klaus-Peter Zauner is working on a radically new kind of computer. Read more >>

The marriage of maths and ecology A new research group in Paris aims to use optimisation theory to find answers to the challenges of ensuring an efficient and sustainable future. Read more >>

Interoperability the key to making eHealth work Potential cost-savings from eHealth are being jeopardised because computer systems cannot talk to one another, according to experts from the public... Read more >>