Currently, it is easier for entrepreneurs to connect to investors in Silicon Valley than investors in Europe’s regions. That needs to change, the research commissioner tells the European Innovation Summit
Hydrogen power is critical in meeting climate targets. The European Parliament is calling for a coordinated investment strategy to deliver the green form of this energy source
During the country’s upcoming presidency of the EU Council one aim is to exploit ‘a unique opportunity’ to revive US relationship, Manuel Heitor, Portugal’s science minister tells Science|Business
With investment in clean energy innovation currently decreasing, EU member states are asked to align national recovery plans with the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan
Lessons of the pandemic loom large in EU’s pharmaceutical strategy. ‘Never again do we want to see the problems we faced in the first weeks of the crisis,’ says EU vice president Margaritis Schinas
Shift to using regional funds for near-market research will undermine fundamental research in countries with small national R&D budgets. The European Commission is ‘misjudging the needs of less developed regions’
European Space Resources Innovation Centre will carry out research to support the country’s ambitions to mine minerals and metals on the moon and on asteroids
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