MEPs have approved plans to loosen regulations around crop plants that are improved using gene editing, but a move to ban patenting of plants that are modified using these techniques could stand in the way of a final agreement

The review of the €75.6B eighth framework programme will feed into evidence to be published this year that will shape the future of EU research and innovation

Otmar Wiestler wants the next framework programme to include EU-wide efforts to take industrial leadership in new technologies. He’s also not in “fundamental opposition” to military dual use research calls in Horizon Europe’s successor

COVID-19 put technology-assisted learning at the centre of education. Now AI is driving the revolution further. This promises significant benefits, but it is essential to take a nuanced approach to the risks and benefits of the use of these new tools 

As planning for next R&D programme gets underway, leaked document suggests Copenhagen is calling for radical changes in the way it’s all structured

European companies collaborate with Chinese partners to develop innovations and jointly apply for patents, despite the ongoing de-risking debate. A new study examined the data, which was no easy task

There is a long way to go to fill the funding gap, research commissioner Iiliana Ivanova told MEPs earlier this week. The details are in a soon-to-be published review of Horizon 2020, which will also look forward to the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe

Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager takes aim at thousands of joint research projects with Chinese military universities. But Brussels’ plans are still only recommendations, and it will be left to academics and member states to implement them

The Commission has set out proposals to fund more research with military as well as civil applications in Framework Programme 10, but universities want to see safeguards put in place

Speaking at this year’s World Economic Forum, Nikolay Denkov hit out at Europe’s obsession with succeeding immediately when it comes to new technologies. It is important to experiment and fail, he says