All parties in the negotiations on the UK’s departure from the EU must now strive to ensure that as little harm as possible is done to research, say 29 Nobel prize winners in letter to May and Juncker
New ‘G6’ group of top French, German, Italian and Spanish institutes aims for more collaboration, and to ‘make sure politicians understand the urgency’ of science investment
There has been progress towards the 2020 targets, but EU averages hide differences in attainment between and within member states. More effort is needed, notably on basic skills, where the EU is actually falling behind its objectives
Internet pioneer Robert E. Kahn, at a Science|Business conference, likes the connectivity of today’s Web, dislikes the hacking and porn. And he has a formula to make it work better in future
The EU’s outgoing health chief reflects on three decades in Brussels and how life has got steadily better. But he worries citizens are now forgetting the benefits of science. That could threaten recent medical advances, he says
Restrictive regulations could be ‘fatal’ for Crispr-edited crop research in Europe, researchers warn. Meanwhile, there are hints the UK government could consider relaxing restrictions on gene edited crops post-Brexit
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