As election count drags on, analysts warn that clean energy plans will face stiff opposition

Most scientists say they want to put the ‘lost opportunities’ of the Trump years behind them

A new agreement with India’s social science funding body is the first step in EU-India cooperation in social sciences and humanities

With two weeks until the US presidential election, there’s agreement the chilling effect US/China tensions are having on research will continue - regardless of who wins

Growing concern over China’s respect for fair play in science is making European researchers uneasy. The EU has new rules on joint projects and academics in Germany and the UK are questioning how close ties should be

Rules coming into force aim to better shield sensitive industrial sectors from Chinese and other foreign investors, as political pushback on overseas acquisitions of strategic assets heats up

EU research chief spells out the frustrations of an ‘unbalanced relationship’

US biomedical research body has seen its role grow during the pandemic but has found itself in dispute with the US president. ‘Trump was forced on BARDA, not the other way around’, says one observer

Reinhard Bütikofer is wary of the growing power of China and the reach of companies seen as beholden to the Communist government. His views are typical of the more hawkish approach emerging in Brussels

From Science|Business partner Al-Fanar Media: a look at how the pandemic has affected Arab researchers