On eve of inauguration, the US president-elect raises chief scientist to a cabinet-level position, and vows a return to the Paris climate accord ‘with the urgency the science demands’

Research expenditure continues to be a main source of errors in EU accounts. The reason is complex rules says the European Court of Auditors. MEPs are calling for simplification

“We are preparing the post-COVID world. A place where generations meet, life is affordable, the planet is protected and style matches with sustainability,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, launching first phase of the New European Bauhaus

With Brexit trade deal out of the way, the fine detail – and specific terms - of how non-EU countries collaborate in the new science programme can be discussed for the first time

‘We need to be more offensive and aggressive,’ says EU Internal Market commissioner Thierry Breton, as he outlines a plan to put hundreds of communications satellites into space to run the internet

The European Commission wants to green the research agenda and have the new programme running by June, to launch the first joint calls with Horizon Europe

US biotech Moderna says its vaccine can be repurposed ‘in weeks’ to deal with coronavirus mutations

Open science has been at the heart of the fight-back against the virus. As other crises loom, this underlines the need for governments to avoid protectionist moves and foster collaborative international research

EU spokesman says EU has been ‘waiting over a year’ for Switzerland to back accord. 

Amid pressure to speed up vaccination programmes some member states are starting to go their own way on securing doses. The EU’s head vaccine official says no country can jump the queue