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Initial steps in implementing a new look European Research Area, progress on Horizon Europe association of Switzerland and the UK, France’s Council presidency pushing to ensure EU technology sovereignty and warmer transatlantic R&D relations, are all on the cards

With money finally flowing to projects, the next year will be a critical time to lay the foundations for beating cancer, adapting to climate change, saving the oceans and protecting soils

The last six months have seen a flurry of announcements as brain-hungry countries try to lure researchers, entrepreneurs and students

With our handling of critical vaccine and gene technologies, we risk repeating the same disastrous mistakes of nuclear weaponry 75 years ago. Is it too late to learn from history?

Facing COVID-19 and climate challenges, a group of international research leaders is pushing the G7 to create a new framework for precompetitive collaboration

Academics warn ultra-powerful foundation models that can be adapted to a range of tasks risk infecting all AI systems with biases, security flaws and opacity. The EU’s proposed AI act may not be up to mitigating this threat

Decrease is blamed on COVID-19, but 2021 scoreboard underlines Europe’s need to invest more on new technologies to catch up with the US and China, which both boosted R&D spending during the first year of pandemic

The EU should make sure cooperation in research respects human rights and international law, say MEPs. The Commission says institutions based in illegal settlements will continue to be banned from participating in EU-funded projects