UK

Researchers in the UK were overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit. Now, new estimates of lost funding show these concerns were justified

Team will advise researchers on forming international collaborations, as scrutiny grows of academic ties with China, in particular

Open letter tells prime minister Boris Johnson to "stand on the right side of history". Meanwhile EU is reluctant to follow the US and back vaccines waiver

New route opens for science heavyweights, who will now be able to bypass normal immigration rules.

EU officials expected to revise proposal to bar the three non-EU countries from quantum and space R&D, after call for full participation gains wide support. Excluding them would ‘only impact negatively on ourselves in the most unaffordable manner’

Leading research universities come together to denounce proposal to ban neighbours from EU quantum and space projects. ‘An EU-first approach weakens everyone,’ says one

European Research Council is awarding €507M to 209 leading researchers. Despite Brexit, almost a quarter of the awardees are based in the UK - and more than half the awards go to just four countries

Meetings postponed for discussion of Commission proposal, with resistance growing in member states

Brexit put the brakes on investment for years, but champions of the tech say there is now a chance to make up ground. A new £130M research centre is on the way and plans for the first gigafactory are in hand

The WannaCry hack was relatively unsophisticated and could have been prevented with basic IT security best practice. There are greater cyber threats out there and the NHS must ensure it is better protected