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There is a broad welcome for the plan to make Europe a global innovation leader. But now comes the hard part of turning it into reality

Some of Europe’s leading scientists were given two months to make a life-changing decision: move house, family and lab to the EU and keep prestigious grants - or stay put and lose them. Sleepless nights ensued, they tell Science|Business

Christian Ehler MEP and the Commission are to negotiate on whether researchers based in EU member states or Horizon Europe-associated countries could be eligible to benefit from a pilot scheme

A grace period could be the saving grace of European innovators who inadvertently disclose their inventions before filing a patent. But it would also create legal uncertainty for all users of the patent system

Ahead of next week’s launch, Commissioner says her plan to turn into EU into a deep tech innovation leader depends on a ‘coalition of the willing’ to implement it

Essential for electric cars, medical scanners and weaponry, the EU is almost totally reliant on China for the materials used in rare earth magnets. The race is on to open new mines, develop alternatives, reduce waste and recycle more

With the European Parliament due to report on the progress to date of the EIC, universities are keen to see intellectual property rules put up for revision

Democracies launch $600B Partnership for Global Infrastructure to compete with Beijing. But critics say it is a rehash of existing schemes which have made little progress during the past year

Demand for faux alternatives is high, and European start-ups are going hell for leather to capture a piece of the market.