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Science led the way out of the COVID-19 pandemic and can rise to other challenges, as long as there is sustained investment in research and research infrastructures, the head of the European Molecular Biology Lab tells Science|Business

The decision is part of the European Parliament’s final position on the 2023 budget. MEPs also vowed to block any attempt by the Commission to siphon off Horizon Europe money to fund the Chips Act or its secure satellite communications scheme

Amidst the political chaos in London, the UK’s official statistics office set off a small storm by raising its estimate of how much UK companies invest in R&D. The odd episode highlights how important R&D statistics have become politically

The announcement comes a few weeks after New Zealand and the European Commission concluded informal talks on association

With weeks to go before the Commission publishes its legislative proposals, members of the parliament’s ITRE committee are divided over how to secure the future of Europe’s most research intensive sector

The member states have reached agreement on their priorities. Now, work on the ‘tricky part’ – of implementing the seventeen policy issues that will underpin the single market for research - is about to begin at the ERA Forum

Plans to scrap a little-used law that gives Italian academics ownership of intellectual property are on hold, pending a decision from a new government. But the case for reform remains strong.

Science|Business workshop explores how Europe should respond to the rapid advances in the performance and utility of artificial intelligence

New “spin-in” calls are part of a broader effort to ensure civilian technologies developed under Horizon Europe can be taken up and applied by European Defence Fund projects

In 15 years, twelve scientists funded by the EU’s frontier research programme have won Nobel prizes. ERC presidents past and current give their views on the recipe for success – and why it should be defended