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Accepted wisdom holds earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a large-scale AI supported sensor system could change that, at the same time building Europe’s skills in real time environmental monitoring and becoming a standard bearer for citizen science

As the problem of COVID-19 vaccines supplies so potently illustrates, it is time to rethink the EU’s pandemic preparedness strategy. More support is needed for late stage clinical development and large scale manufacturing

European Commission calls in experts to help revamp the 20-year-old plan to coordinate national R&D policies and create a single market for research

As its successor programme is finalised and the east-west innovation gap persists, the European Court of Auditors is looking to see what - if anything - the €1B spent on Widening from 2014 - 2020 has delivered  

Leaked draft – dating from January - envisages the European Innovation Council handing out €602M to start ups and €507 million for targeted calls addressing specific areas of research in the next 11 months

New-look ‘Widening’ in Horizon Europe aims to help member states with weaker research systems undertake reforms and win more EU research grants

Brian McCaul, head of tech transfer at Queen’s University Belfast, believes the city can overcome transition period bumps and keep pace with counterparts elsewhere in the UK

As the European Innovation Council emerges from pilot mode, SMEs and researchers will be in line for a new type of funding for translating EU-funded research into products and more top-down, targeted calls

Attending international scientific conferences is the lifeblood of research. Now, grant funding bodies are introducing offsets to cut the carbon footprint and encourage use of greener modes of transport

‘AstraZeneca has to deliver’, the EU’s health chief says, as row over supplies heats up and officials contradict claims made by pharma company’s CEO

Official work programmes are not due until April, but drafts circulating online give researchers and industry chance to start formulating grant applications

UK contribution of €2B per annum to Horizon Europe smooths the way, but researchers are concerned visas, data transfer and assorted red tape will cause friction, a Science|Business conference hears