US and EU need to build up key advanced industries as China’s global market share surges, Washington, DC, think tank report finds

Academics mourn losing principal investigator status in the teams they created. The failure to agree UK association has left consortia scrambling to rescue projects, resulting in months of paperwork and delays

Science minister George Freeman visited Brussels on Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to end the 18-month deadlock over association to the EU research programme

WHO is creating new guidelines to stop lab leaks and the development of bioweapons. But scientists, focused on projects and funding, see only the benefits, rather than the risks, of their work, report warns.

EU’s new innovation fund has had a rocky start under Horizon Europe. MEP Christian Ehler is pushing to get debate out in the open and make the Commission sort out the problem

As the EU Defence Innovation Scheme takes shape, questions remain about gaps and barriers in Europe’s defence innovation ecosystem.

Research heavyweights in central and eastern Europe met last week to consider how to improve their performance in EU research funding programmes. At present most applicants from the region are rejected at the first stage of evaluation

Leading tech investor Hermann Hauser says Europe’s approach to technology sovereignty is the only ‘scalable model’

Work on the UK’s Plan B alternative is intensifying as patience with Brussels wanes. The plan is set to include more money for SMEs and innovation, and to tilt research collaboration away from the EU