USA

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

Confusion over GDPR is blocking scientific progress, throwing up barriers with US researchers in particular. More than 5,000 projects were affected in 2019 and the problem is ‘escalating’

Massive R&D proposal is part of US President’s ‘once in a generation’ $2.3T infrastructure plan – but opposition will be intense in Congress

A letter to federal science agencies says the aim is to ‘restore and safeguard scientific integrity’

Early sketch of plan sees the bloc eager to revitalise US alliance, expand multilateral schemes and cajole China into opening up. The mantra is no longer ‘open to the world’ but ‘EU must no longer be naïve’

Relief bill has money to help researchers over the COVID-19 crisis and fill gaps in US response, such as viral genome sequencing and zoonotic disease work. But some say it is a fraction of what is needed for science to recover fully

After US President Joe Biden kicked off with a renewed commitment to international cooperation in science and technology, the European Commission rehashes proposal to form transatlantic tech alliance to counterbalance the rise of China

‘It is my hope that we can work together and harmonise our AI policies,’ Robin Kelly tells MEPS. ‘It is vital that democratic nations are the ones that shape this new technology’

As the US rejoins the Paris agreement, Ernest J. Moniz, former US energy secretary, urges bigger budgets, broader ambitions for climate technologies. ‘We need to know which of these dogs can hunt by 2030’

New President’s plans could make visas easier for foreign students and tech-industry workers – but it will be a long battle in Congress, and the debate is already underway