Universities, companies cheer new budget plans for AI, scholarships, and research infrastructure – but ultimate cost of joining Horizon Europe not yet clear
US government advisory group JASON says ‘blunt and ineffective’ security controls on fundamental science could harm progress, and urge a case-by-case approach
Commission will begin ‘exploratory’ discussions with Cairo about joining the research programme, despite mounting international concerns about academic freedom
Alongside New Zealand and Canada, Korea would be one of the first countries from outside the European region to join the EU’s research and innovation programme. Association is set to start in 2025
A Science|Business investigation finds five ongoing EU research projects that include China’s ‘Seven Sons of National Defence’ universities, in network security, heat transfer and drones. No comment from Brussels, but experts warn of danger
To boost capacity in China monitoring, the Commission is funding three Horizon Europe projects to support and connect EU-based China scholars. ‘We have to get our own feed’ of information independent of US, says one
Despite calls for regulation, White House will move ‘one step at a time’ with the focus on domestic policy – plus a meeting with Google, Microsoft and other US execs for a ‘frank discussion’ on the risks of the technology
Eindhoven president Robert-Jan Smits describes the details and the rationale behind one of Europe’s largest university-industry deals, worth ‘several hundred million’ euros
‘We are overreacting’ to the risk of IP or security leaks at universities, warns ex-US energy secretary. Confusing signals from Washington endanger science, say academic leaders
Russians at CERN lab would also benefit, as part of Biden effort to weaken Russia’s scientific and technical capacities. An echo of Cold War’s ‘Operation Paperclip’