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EU lawmakers need to take universities into account when drawing up new laws. This will stem the growing compliance burden, make for better regulation - and result in more efficient policy making

Alongside New Zealand and Canada, Korea would be one of the first countries from outside the European region to join the EU’s research and innovation programme. Association is set to start in 2025

The Commission will not introduce trade measures against Chinese solar panels. Instead, commissioners urge EU member states to subsidise domestic manufacturing

A more joined-up approach across EU and national funding schemes is needed if the sector is to be climate neutral by 2050

The Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, set up to create real world impact in the US, is very much open to global cooperation, its director tells Science|Business

Social sciences and humanities are indispensable to understanding and navigating large-scale transformations such as adjusting to climate change, or making the digital transition. These disciplines must be part of projects from the ground up

A €1.5B fund will help to scale up research projects and build supply chains, while a new legal structure will enable member states to facilitate cooperation across the whole life cycle of defence capabilities

An annual deep dive into the German ecosystem shows it is no longer haemorrhaging scientists, but lags behind on crop genetic engineering and AI investment. A swath of policy reforms are needed

Money is pouring into AI businesses that promise cool innovations – but basic research needs steady public funding to solve the societal challenges that AI poses, argues University of Bergen researcher

The EU biotech and biomanufacturing initiative due to be published later this month is an opportunity to take urgent and immediate action to support the scale up of the sector

French science minister has visited the UK to strengthen scientific relations, promising more money for joint projects, and collaboration on AI safety

The Commission president set out her vision for a new EU military-industrial-academic complex in a speech to MEPs on Wednesday

Scientists don’t usually get on their tractors to lobby, but ERC president Maria Leptin wants them to go out and speak to politicians and citizens to explain why investing in research and innovation is important

Simon Johnson, former International Monetary Fund chief economist, says funders and universities should create new, socially beneficial forms of AI through grants and competitions - and not leave the field to tech companies

The public-private partnership will support research and development of advanced materials, which the Commission says are crucial to the EU’s competitiveness