David Matthews

Phages are viruses that destroy bacteria and have the potential to supplement waning antibiotics. But researchers and entrepreneurs say the regulatory and funding environment is far from clear

Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager aims to create a ‘transatlantic space for trustworthy AI’, giving companies a single set of rules to follow. But some fear the EU and the US are still too far apart in their approach to see eye-to-eye on the technology

In the first big spending announcement under new prime minister Rishi Sunak, the government also relieved universities by sticking to plans to boost government R&D investment to £20B by 2024

Decarbonising the economy will involve vast technology transfers and cross-border R&D. But with Russia a pariah, and US-China relations frosty, there are worries that politics could slow the diffusion of green technology

Despite the auditors’ warning, managers of the fusion energy project say Russia is currently sticking to its commitments, with a giant magnet dispatched from St Petersburg earlier this month

London and Bern want more cooperation in areas like life sciences and space. But researchers see the bilateral deal as a poor substitute for Horizon Europe association

The final tally for Tuesday’s US midterm election won’t be in for days or weeks, but polls point to Republicans gaining a narrow majority of the US House of Representatives, and they aren’t wasting any time jockeying for positions with major influence over how science – particularly climate research – is funded.

Almost no one in the UK is willing to defend the Chinese culture and language centres, and the government wants to close them. But universities fear this could set a troubling precedent

Russian strikes on electricity infrastructure have made research all but impossible, and slashed academic salaries are pushing scholars to moonlight in the IT sector, conference hears

The bloc has failed to develop general purpose artificial intelligence systems that are increasingly the backbone for products like chatbots or automated emails. Without them, the EU can’t enforce its vision of ethical AI, a new report warns