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Cancer researchers report they are struggling to see how their work fits into the overarching objective of the Cancer Mission to save three million lives, saying the calls are not targeted at the fundamental science needed to deliver on this objective

After months of negotiations and fine tuning, a plan for reforming research assessment in Europe has been published today

Ilan Gur, a veteran of the US’s advanced research agency for energy, will lead a risk-taking UK funding agency, after a previously appointed chief executive pulled out

The 41 nationally-funded industrial R&D projects in the Hy2Tech programme can now go ahead. They are designed to advance technologies across the piece, to help create an EU-wide renewable hydrogen market

Post-Brexit, the UK government has set out plans for AI that diverge markedly from the EU. Rather than a single regulator, oversight will be left to a multitude of regulators which will tailor rules for sectors ranging from broadcasting to healthcare

In a heated debate, MEPs grilled a Commission official after learning decisions on equity financing for start-ups under the EIC Accelerator must now be rubber stamped by the College of Commissioners, the top of the bureaucratic tree in the EU executive

The Czech capital has nurtured a strong space and earth observation industry, but start-ups there are yet to feel the benefits of Prague hosting two EU space data agencies

Signing a new declaration in Washington DC, coastal nations set out their research priorities. Scientists say that truly tracking the Atlantic Ocean requires a vast international effort

The nuclear fusion project is also being hit by spiralling energy and materials costs. Meanwhile, fusion start-ups in the EU are falling behind US rivals when it comes to raising funds