Éanna Kelly

Data from Germany and UK show BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines induce a broad immune response in early trials. Meanwhile UK government continues to go it alone in striking advance purchase deals

Feedback on EU white paper on regulating applications such as self-driving cars and facial recognition provides mixed picture for policymakers

The world’s largest cancer charity expects its income to fall by £350M over the next three years

Caught between ‘Big Brother China and Big Data US’, Europe is out to define its own path on the technology, amid fears that regulation could kill the sector - or arrive too late to prevent harm

‘Weak’ Council president chops research programme down to €89.4 billion ahead of crunch budget talks

The new committees are to scrutinise the EU’s big cancer push, the legislative path towards first AI law, and if misinformation on social media calls for stricter controls

Research minister says country has become a hotspot for the technology, with EU looking to limit dependence on Chinese imports

The virus is causing immediate financial pain for institutions everywhere – with the potential for broader upheaval to follow

Commission calls for feedback on its plan to promote coordination, quality and impact of national research systems. The aim is to revitalise ERA by providing it with ‘a new vision’

The world learned its lessons the hard way in containing the virus – it must now react with urgency on climate change