Caterina Tani

With fertiliser shortages, drought and declining soil fertility threatening agricultural production in Europe, there is increased pressure to relax EU rules on the use of genome editing in plant breeding

Their Soviet past and proximity to a newly aggressive Russia is motivating companies in the Baltics to grow fast and develop new defence technologies

A Polish member of the European Innovation Council board calls for start-ups in the region to get more public and private funding and better access to networks – and for successful companies to be held up as role models

Clinical trials were halted as COVID-19 took hold. But inability to see patients face-to-face has inspired the use of technology to monitor patients remotely, leading to improvements that are here to stay

An economic crisis fuelled by war, energy shortages and inflation looks likely to put further strain on national R&D budgets

As EU funding for defence R&D grows, it is important to ensure different programmes come together as a coherent whole. At the same time, the EU and NATO should look for synergies in defence research, to avoid duplication and inefficiencies

The EU is world-leader in quantum research, but companies set up to exploit this are struggling to get the money needed to scale. Experts say the EU and member states should coordinate efforts and work to boost investment