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With 78 days to go until Brexit, working out what to do about existing grants if the UK crashes out with no deal is hampered because Brussels won’t discuss contingency measures

A leading geneticist recounts the story of one rogue scientist, and the damage he caused. ‘He should be stopped from doing anything like this again,’ says Robin Lovell-Badge

Robert-Jan Smits is pitching the Plan S vision to transform academic publishing to the world’s big science funding bodies. China’s surprise backing is making it harder for funders everywhere to ignore, he says

Education and research minister Mailis Reps on her concerns for the European Innovation Council, and how to make research missions work

US tech companies are raiding our computer science departments. A new initiative, Ellis, wants to give researchers a reason to stay in academe and in Europe. Meanwhile, the Commission is putting flesh on its AI plans

Research and education commissioners say they wish Central European University could stay in Budapest, while academics hit out at limp response from Brussels

The freedom, and perils, of a plan to build a rival to Galileo and the US global positioning system

Litigation has delayed full implementation of the largest research infrastructure in central and eastern Europe

Two consortia, including Siemens, win bids to start EIT ‘innovation communities’ for urban mobility and manufacturing, with up to €80 million each per year

Science establishment complains about lack of clear guidance; calls for more detailed planning

Caveats are added to the amendment to the Public Sector Information Directive, to protect "confidentiality" and "legitimate commercial interests.” That may placate universities, research funding agencies and private investors that joined forces to object to the plan