The EU have ambitious plans to cut CO2 emissions by 40 per cent by 2030, however this is predicted to lead to a drop in the continent's GDP by between 0.

EU-funded researchers have developed a new potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, based on adult stem cells from body fat, or adipose tissue.

This week, the European Commission and senior officials from Member States will sit down for the first time to discuss the Commission's proposals for EU climate and energy governance reform.

An EU-funded project investigating how oxygen in the air millions of years ago might have affected the evolution of plants is making important discoveries that could inform our approach to climate change, space exploration and ensuring future food supplies.

Reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is a key priority facing the world today as it attempts to mitigate the scale and effects of climate change.

Peering into the very depths of the universe gives scientists a better understanding of its origins.

Sequencing the mouse and human genomes has provided scientists detailed knowledge of both species' genetic composition, and highlighted their startling similarity.

Small means big business these days.

European scientists have developed pioneering new technology that could help regenerate damaged cartilage and bone tissue and get patients back on their feet quicker than ever before.

German car-maker Volkswagen expects to sell more than 10 million vehicles across its multi-brand group this year, aiming to hit a long-running target four years earlier than previously planned.

The European Union have been taking steps towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could universally power up all handset makes.

SOURCE: The European Commission Research and Innovation Information Centre

The integrated circuits that have been driving the information technology revolution are reaching their physical limit.

SOURCE: The European Commission Research and Innovation Information Centre

When we think of cancer we often think of rogue, villainous cells in an otherwise healthy organ.

The French billionaire Vincent Bollore has unveiled plans to get 3000 electric cars on London streets by 2016, as part of a car share project that emulates the popular bike hire scheme started in 2010 under Mayor Boris Johnson, Reuters reports.

BMW reported a surprise 4.

Natural rubber is a unique raw material with a whole range of applications.

HCL Technologies expects its financial services pipeline in Europe to be in excess of $1 billion, this fiscal year, a senior official has said, as the economy improves and European clients become increasingly comfortable with the idea of offshore outsourcing; as the Economic Times reports.

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