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A new analysis shows the US, China, UK, India and Australia all publish more papers on this pressing global health threat than any EU member state. More investment in novel therapies is needed, the report says

European University Association offers 18 recommendations for improving €26.2B EU education fund in half-way evaluation. The biggest administrative improvement would be fixing long-running problems with IT

The country will promote development of a transnational blockchain infrastructure for the storage and management of official documents, minister for digitisation Mathieu Michel tells Science|Business

New leadership introduces changes in the Commission’s research directorate, as it gears up to start work on the proposal for the next seven-year EU framework research programme

MEP draws on parliament’s success in securing an extra €85M for research in 2024, asking stakeholders to make a bigger budget for Framework programme 10 a priority in their national campaigns for the 2024 European elections

China and the US have dialled down tensions, leading to a new agreement on alternative energy, and a promise to work together on the risks of artificial intelligence

As things stand, the country’s national contact points have to juggle their day jobs with helping researchers to win funding. Creating a professional network is now on the cards, but it may take some time

Policymakers are partly flying blind, with existing analysis fractured across an alphabet soup of different agencies. An overarching entity could underpin a more coherent science and technology strategy, but will need money from Congress to get off the ground

The landmark pharmaceutical reforms will not be adopted in this mandate, and the opposing views of the two rapporteurs mean the final text may not be ready to hand over to the next parliament, the Science|Business Health innovation conference hears

The nuclear fusion project at ITER will be cut by €120M, while basic science and health and climate R&D get a bigger than expected top up in 2024