Ties will be deepened - regardless of Brexit outcome - pledge Europe’s two leading science nations. Collaboration is as important for the EU as it is for the UK, they say
It falls to the Romanian Council presidency to steer negotiations on the next seven year budget - and with it funding for R&D in Horizon Europe. But with political infighting at home and a term cut short by European Parliament elections, some in Brussels are worried
Berlin science policy leaders want a post-Brexit Britain to stay in the EU’s Horizon programme, but as a full associate member. ‘All or none’, says German MP
With 78 days to go until Brexit, working out what to do about existing grants if the UK crashes out with no deal is hampered because Brussels won’t discuss contingency measures
A robot swarm might sound like something from a sinister science fiction movie. But in the real world, a swarm of robots could do a lot of good. They could clear a beach of garbage, retrieve plastic from the ocean or build a habitable abode on Mars.
A leading geneticist recounts the story of one rogue scientist, and the damage he caused. ‘He should be stopped from doing anything like this again,’ says Robin Lovell-Badge
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