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A new EU public-private partnership aims to mainstream circular, bio-based systems in Europe. Regions must take a central role in deploying the technology and processes it develops

European firms need better access to networks that can provide investment, partners and intellectual property protection, say participants in Science|Business workshop

Industry is cool on EU’s technology sovereignty push, warning that it could limit access to international markets 

Debate around the Horizon Europe programme is heating up, as the European Parliament tries to claw back funding lost in the EU budget summit in July

We’re promised that the Horizon Europe public-private research partnerships will be better than ever. But a Science|Business workshop at the ESOF meeting in Trieste finds barriers to participants from countries with weaker research systems remains a major issue  

University heads take the stage at ESOF to call for governments to keep investing in R&D despite the COVID-induced economic squeeze. Without sustained funding, scientists will leave the EU, they say

Since COVID-19, EU leaders are pushing for greater independence from US and Chinese technology. But what would that mean? Science|Business begins a series of special reports and events

Upcoming Horizon Europe soils mission aims to ensure three quarters of European soils are healthy by 2030, slowing climate change and safeguarding food supply

Reinhard Bütikofer is wary of the growing power of China and the reach of companies seen as beholden to the Communist government. His views are typical of the more hawkish approach emerging in Brussels

Demand for grants means many high-quality fundamental research projects will miss out on funding, ERC president says, as the agency takes its fight for a bigger budget to the Euroscience meeting in Trieste