Newly appointed to its governing board, former MEP Paul Rübig says the European Institute of Innovation and Technology will play a key role in reviving innovation value chains - from shuttered universities, to cash strapped SMEs, to market

The world’s largest cancer charity expects its income to fall by £350M over the next three years

MEPs argue for EU4Health to be funded beyond the expiry date of the pandemic recovery fund

The virus is causing immediate financial pain for institutions everywhere – with the potential for broader upheaval to follow

With international research papers piling up fast, Birmingham Prof. Shakila Thangaratinam tries to make sense of it all for pregnant women and their doctors – a key step to connect science with society

From Science|Business Partner Al-Fanar Media: The Arab region already lagged in government spending on research. Now, with oil prices in decline and Covid-19 taking hold, spending levels could fall further

The world learned its lessons the hard way in containing the virus – it must now react with urgency on climate change

Researchers are monitoring genetic traces of COVID-19 in wastewater to track the course of the pandemic, find hotspots and predict outbreaks. Now standard methods are needed for a global sewage epidemiology system

Research commissioner Mariya Gabriel tells a Science|Business online conference her team and commission services are working out exact details of how €13.5B from COVID-19 recovery fund is to be allocated within Horizon Europe

COVID-19 has elevated, but also exposed scientists. Politicians want clarity, but it’s crucial to explain what is known, unknown and unknowable, says Rolf-Dieter Heuer, chair of the EU group of chief scientific advisers