After multiple false dawns, London and Brussels have finally agreed a deal to allow the UK to rejoin. The UK will also join the Copernicus space programme, but is out of Euratom and the ITER fusion project
European Commission refuses to comment on optimistic reports about an agreement about to be announced for the UK to join flagship EU research programme after years of delay
After MEPs questioned Iliana Ivanova on the key priorities in advance of the vote on her appointment as commissioner, the research community in Brussels draws up its own to-do list
Research commissioner-to-be outlines her priorities as MEPs grill her on the key research, innovation and education issues ahead of the plenary vote on her appointment later this month
Tools like ChatGPT can give instructions on how to find, synthesise and order deadly pathogens, albeit incomplete ones. Biologists now want more involvement in the training and testing of AI models, while some worry that science’s culture of openness might need to change
Five years after PLAN S set out to make research free at the point of publication there’s progress to report. But the work is not finished and the pressure must be maintained, says the EU’s former Open Access envoy
Research ministry says funding will hit nearly €500M in 2024, an increase of €200M over last year. But companies worry about deployment, and there’s concern that EU efforts still aren’t joined up enough
Experts charged with shaping the European Research Area have differing views on what to prioritise. Discussions have now begun on which of the proposed actions should be taken forward in the 2025 – 2027 agenda
MEP Christian Ehler draftsrequest for an act to create a legal framework with aim of enforcing Article 13 and protecting freedom of scientific research in Europe
The commissioner-to-be has set out her views on the Horizon Europe budget, association, strategic autonomy and the east-west innovation divide ahead of the hearing in Parliament next week
Washington makes last-minute decision to temporarily renew the deal for six months as it faces pressure to address concerns over research data restrictions and military use. Experts give Science|Business their views on what should change
As EU research framework programmes put more a greater focus on innovation, applied sciences universities are pulling their weight in Horizon Europe. Now they need help in the form of calls targeted at their resources and capabilities
A European Institute of Innovation and Technology scheme allowing Ukrainian institutions to join existing university entrepreneurship networks has seen significant uptake – leading on to a number of success stories
A new research commissioner, a staff reshuffle at the Commission and a potential breakthrough in the long-running stalemate over UK association to Horizon Europe are on the cards
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