Massive R&D proposal is part of US President’s ‘once in a generation’ $2.3T infrastructure plan – but opposition will be intense in Congress

A letter to federal science agencies says the aim is to ‘restore and safeguard scientific integrity’

Ariel University, located in a settlement on the West Bank, should have no involvement in EU-funded projects researchers say, as the university denies one of its professors received EU funding

New government guidelines warn of ‘real threats’ to country’s intellectual property and business interests, as research councils bolster security

Dominic Cummings, former chief aide to prime minister Boris Johnson, sets out his vision for £800M Advanced Research and Invention Agency

German MEP Niklas Nienass says the drive for technological independence ‘goes too far’ and will ‘shed a poor light on the EU’

Researchers point to higher funding for the sector in Germany, as key infrastructure to translate world class research is still missing in the UK

As part of national programme, D-Wave Systems will invest almost €335M in R&D to broaden SMEs’ access to its quantum cloud

Early sketch of plan sees the bloc eager to revitalise US alliance, expand multilateral schemes and cajole China into opening up. The mantra is no longer ‘open to the world’ but ‘EU must no longer be naïve’

Relief bill has money to help researchers over the COVID-19 crisis and fill gaps in US response, such as viral genome sequencing and zoonotic disease work. But some say it is a fraction of what is needed for science to recover fully