Researchers are monitoring genetic traces of COVID-19 in wastewater to track the course of the pandemic, find hotspots and predict outbreaks. Now standard methods are needed for a global sewage epidemiology system

Research commissioner Mariya Gabriel tells a Science|Business online conference her team and commission services are working out exact details of how €13.5B from COVID-19 recovery fund is to be allocated within Horizon Europe

COVID-19 has elevated, but also exposed scientists. Politicians want clarity, but it’s crucial to explain what is known, unknown and unknowable, says Rolf-Dieter Heuer, chair of the EU group of chief scientific advisers

A flurry of cooperation projects has enabled Europe’s main life sciences research data infrastructure ELIXIR, to team up with EMBL’s bioinformatics institute and work together on building an EU health data space

Science Europe calls for the European Commission’s recovery package in Horizon Europe to be extended beyond 2024

The European Commission is optimistic about a political breakthrough during July summit as it moves forward with proposal to boost the 2021 R&D budget by 30%

New reports offer the first detailed look at climate, cancer, ocean, soil and cities missions

Academics speak out against ‘ridiculous’ studies that are getting submitted to journals and urge ‘self-restraint’ be restored

Research on COVID-19 is increasing exponentially, but how can experts find it quickly? Utrecht researcher Rens van de Schoot looks to AI for the answer

Scientists based in the UK dominate Horizon 2020’s excellent science programme and make key collaborative links between institutes in Europe, study shows