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Why Horizon Europe won’t fix EU’s innovation gap: the case of Romania

EU’s poorest country is the exemplar for why national systems need fixing before there is any preferential treatment in Horizon Europe. As things stand, more funding for R&D in Romania would be ‘money thrown out of the window’

19 Nov 2018

Poland’s ‘Constitution for Science’ gives universities more power and accountability

A long-debated research and education reform aims to pave the way for universities to become international R&D players

20 Nov 2018

Can robots be delicate?

Swiss researchers visit a watch-making school, to teach robots to think like a craftsman

08 Nov 2018

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Crick scientists unlikely to stay in the UK because of Brexit

Francis Crick Brexit survey

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UK’s largest biomedical research lab, say they are much less likely to remain in the UK when looking for their next career step, according to an in-house survey published on October 22.

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EU energy commissioner expects more money for fuel cells in Horizon Europe

Šefčović backs renewal of €1.33B fuel cells project and predicts more funding for the technology

16 Nov 2018

Fuel cells

Brexit: 4 sticking points for science and technology

As UK Parliament debates Brexit plan, researchers around Europe ponder a few key questions that would affect their work

15 Nov 2018

Brexit deal is ‘damage limitation’ for science in Scotland, says education minister

Richard Lochhead says Brexit will leave Scotland ‘in a much worse situation than where we started’

15 Nov 2018

It’s official: Brexit deal will change but not end UK participation in European research

Draft text of UK-EU agreement was approved by May’s Cabinet – but for research and innovation the impact will be reduced by special provisions

14 Nov 2018

A brief reminder of how Brexit will affect EU and UK science

The legal text of a Brexit deal has been agreed between the EU and the UK, and accepted by Theresa May's Cabinet. Here is a summary of the bigger picture in EU-UK relations for research and innovation

14 Nov 2018

BREXIT LIVE BLOG: Science and technology

Latest: No barriers or borders for science or research, says Leibniz Association

14 Nov 2018

EU science leaders urge more funding, to compete internationally

’G6’ leaders want more EU money for scientific research and infrastructure, and stronger partnerships between scientists and industry

13 Nov 2018

Horizon Europe

Auditors rap accounting of EU electronics research project

European Court of Auditors unable to confirm legality of payments made by industry R&D partnership

13 Nov 2018

The politician who counts: Cédric Villani on discovering a flair for public office

‘Mathematics was so natural, politics so brutal,’ says star mathematician and 2010 Fields medallist with sights on becoming the next mayor of Paris

12 Nov 2018

Science policy

What the US elections means for climate change, tech, data privacy, drugs: some takeaways

Congresswoman poised to become new House science chair pledges to ‘restore its credibility’

08 Nov 2018