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Universities have mixed feelings about draft plans which give the research community a seat at the table overseeing the implementation of the new single market for research

Victor Dzau, President of US Academy of Medicine, calls on governments to establish a global health threats council, and says pharmaceutical companies should temporarily waive COVID-19 vaccine patents.

Global dividing lines are taking shape over quantum science, with questions over when and how to collaborate, and at what stage of development.

The research is there, but scientists are having trouble getting their voices heard. In the lead up to COP26, funding agencies are calling on scientists to be better at communicating their findings

The European Commission is yet to come up with an official response to calls by university associations to provide coordinated help to Afghan researchers and academics

European Commission boasts of high level of open access publishing in Horizon 2020. But researchers complain getting processing fees approved is long winded and could result in them losing out on intellectual property rights

The race to the hydrogen economy is on and in the next decade, production should become cheaper and storage and use easier. But not everyone is convinced green hydrogen is the fuel of the future

With the European parliament and the Council about to examine the proposed AI act, there is some concern the EU will squander the current high level of confidence it will regulate in the public interest

MEPS are trying to block a proposed €316M cut to next year’s R&D budget. EU climate targets will be impossible to achieve if member states keep delaying investments in R&D, they say

With vaccination rates on the up in Europe, universities are re-opening their campuses and preparing for face-to-face teaching. But the onus will be on students to show they are infection-free