David Matthews

After multiple false dawns, London and Brussels have finally agreed a deal to allow the UK to rejoin. The UK will also join the Copernicus space programme, but is out of Euratom and the ITER fusion project

Tools like ChatGPT can give instructions on how to find, synthesise and order deadly pathogens, albeit incomplete ones. Biologists now want more involvement in the training and testing of AI models, while some worry that science’s culture of openness might need to change

Research ministry says funding will hit nearly €500M in 2024, an increase of €200M over last year. But companies worry about deployment, and there’s concern that EU efforts still aren’t joined up enough

Washington makes last-minute decision to temporarily renew the deal for six months as it faces pressure to address concerns over research data restrictions and military use. Experts give Science|Business their views on what should change

Move comes after revelation that EU cash was flowing to Chinese telecoms giant’s European subsidiaries despite it recently being labelled 'high risk' by Brussels

In Horizon Europe, China is barred from some calls, but welcomed on others. Despite rising geopolitical tensions, scientific collaboration is still happening – but not without friction

$1.4B has been raised and 13 fusion start-ups have launched in the past year globally. But the industry now faces a valley of death as it tries to attract fresh money to build nuclear fusion prototypes

Christian Ehler worries about reopening the Brexit deal and jeopardising association negotiations with Japan and Canada. His intervention comes as the UK looks set to delay any decision on Horizon association until after the summer

The country’s new China strategy warns that Beijing now views even basic research through a military lens. But details on how the new policy will be implemented are lacking, and ministries appear confused over who has responsibility

The EU ploughed in €319M to set up facilities where companies can test new materials, but as the grants run out, fees for service are not on target. A Commission report recommends member states step in to plug the funding gap