Europe leads in some aspects of AI research, but new business models and investment in scaling up is needed to bring the technology to market

It may have R&D relationship woes with the EU, but Bern is boosting science diplomacy as part of a new foreign policy strategy, and is stepping in to help this fractious region get a shared research infrastructure off the drawing board

National funding scheme will help researchers in Swiss institutions carry on with European Research Council and Marie Skłodowska-Curie projects, as they wait for Bern and Brussels to thrash out an agreement on Horizon Europe participation

Maria Leptin will not join until 1 November due to clashing commitments in her calendar, but research lobbies are sanguine about the delay

With the first grants now awarded and €85M allocated for next year, the Bauhaus initiative to mesh the Green Deal on climate change with the preservation of Europe’s cultural heritage is taking shape

The new Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority will coordinate research and innovation plans, and support EU-wide clinical trial networks and data sharing

Resolution adopted with 667 votes to 4, but research lobbies say not enough alternatives exist to set out a step-by-step plan

New legislation announced by Ursula von der Leyen in state of the union speech is step towards reducing EU reliance on technologies developed and manufactured in China and the US

With its promise of emissions-free, abundant power, fusion energy could play a key role in reaching zero carbon targets. But critics say the technology won’t arrive in time and the money would be better invested elsewhere

Member states and the European Parliament are set to hash out the terms of the new partnership for the science of measuring later this month