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Virtual reality researchers are attempting to use cascade funding, in which money is awarded to consortia which then decide how to distribute it, to create pan-European calls. But they are wrestling a thicket of bureaucracy

There’s no sign of a breakthrough just yet, but pressure is building domestically for Bern to re-engage with Brussels in order to get association moving

EU leaders are pushing for ‘strategic autonomy’ in key technologies – but a key to that should be a stronger, standardised EU marketplace, says Portuguese MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho

As the elite of politics and business convene in Davos to talk about geopolitical rifts, resilience and pandemics, heads of EU research Mariya Gabriel and Maria Leptin make pleas for continued investment in basic science

Washington needs researchers in Europe to join the US in trimming artificial intelligence collaboration with China, otherwise any controls will be ineffective. It’s unclear if academics in the EU would get on board with this agenda

A Net-Zero Industry Act and a European Sovereignty Fund aim to attract much needed investment. But research leaders insist Horizon Europe money must not be diverted into another ‘political pet project’

As it gets easier to engineer deadly pathogens, the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science wants tighter controls on custom-order DNA companies, and an end to the current ‘checkbox’ approach to lab safety

Ensuring Europe can innovate and grow its companies in the face of global competition will be one of the priorities of Sweden’s six-month reign of the EU

The crash of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange drew attention to a growing movement in the tech world aiming to become better at predicting, steering and sequencing scientific breakthroughs. The notion is gaining traction in Europe and the US – scandal notwithstanding

Without end users for clean hydrogen, Europe risks squandering its innovation advantage, according to a new analysis of patents. Unless technologies to switch from fossil fuel-based hydrogen are widely accessible the market won’t take off

The UK can play a global role in R&D and whilst remaining involved in EU programmes said George Freeman, setting out plans to attract foreign capital into the research ecosystem

Without action, the quality of research could decline, research commissioner Mariya Gabriel is told as she announces pilot to be launched in 2024 in partnership with member states and industry

With the interim review of the research programme underway, there is a need to ensure resources are not spread thinly across duplicate research streams