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With fertiliser shortages, drought and declining soil fertility threatening agricultural production in Europe, there is increased pressure to relax EU rules on the use of genome editing in plant breeding

It can provide answers, but science alone will not deliver on sustainable development goals, says Maria Leptin in a reality check on ‘scientific populism’

Financing is part of a financing portfolio worth over €15B to encourage companies to invest in climate change-related technologies and end Europe’s dependence on imports of fossil fuel from Russia

Their Soviet past and proximity to a newly aggressive Russia is motivating companies in the Baltics to grow fast and develop new defence technologies

European policy encourages researchers to move freely between borders, but blanket EU labour rules are getting in the way. With pandemic travel restrictions lifted the administration costs are giving institutions a headache

Policymakers in Bucharest are renewing efforts to get all components of the laser research facility up and running before EU fines for delays kick in

As elections near, Biden promotes ‘whole-of-government’ effort to cut cancer death rates and strengthen the biopharma and biotech sectors. International partners welcome, up to a point

The EU succeeded in creating a portfolio of vaccines and procuring enough doses to go round, but contracts did not make provisions for disruptions to supplies

A Polish member of the European Innovation Council board calls for start-ups in the region to get more public and private funding and better access to networks – and for successful companies to be held up as role models

The country’s record on academic freedom is far from stellar, but the hope is these partnerships will help bolster commitment to researcher autonomy