R&D

With the UK planning to increase R&D spending, questions are being asked about how to attract more people with advanced skills in science, technology, engineering and maths

Following in Europe’s Plan S footsteps, the White House says it will no longer allow research funded by taxpayers to be hidden behind paywalls

To increase job security, early career researchers will be offered permanent contracts

The 41 nationally-funded industrial R&D projects in the Hy2Tech programme can now go ahead. They are designed to advance technologies across the piece, to help create an EU-wide renewable hydrogen market

In a swansong interview, Jean-Eric Paquet hails Horizon Europe and the rebooting of the European Research Area, but acknowledges more work is needed to get the European Innovation Council operating smoothly

Almost 50 nations, including the US and China, are participating in an EU-led effort to hash out what is meant by research ethics, open science, and academic freedom. But the outcome is uncertain

The Commission is trying to close Europe’s knowledge gap about China. Meanwhile UK and US intelligence agencies warn of Chinese research espionage, and a new report urges universities to brace for a sudden rupture in ties

Both the US and EU are trying to rebuild their chipmaking industries after years of dependence on east Asia. But retraining will be slow, and immigration reform may be a quicker solution

Europe lags on quantum computing, artificial intelligence and biotechnology, the Commission warns. It also sees a role for small modular nuclear reactors in its power mix

Democracies launch $600B Partnership for Global Infrastructure to compete with Beijing. But critics say it is a rehash of existing schemes which have made little progress during the past year