The EU and the US will step up collaboration on the development of 6G wireless communication systems, as Europe seeks to avoid the security risks that the use of Chinese 5G equipment has posed to its 5G networks. The 6G-XCEL (6G Trans-Continental Edge Learning) project, aiming to … | Continue reading
Universities are slowly adopting generative AI in their work, but in depth guidance is still missing for many institutions, with some waiting for the European Commission to set EU guidelines for safe use. AI tools are becoming increasingly common in science, but few universities … | Continue reading
Source: Reconnect China Policy Brief 3Europe has leapfrogged the US to become China’s biggest research partner in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, according to a new analysis. From 2011 to 2022, co-publications in these fields grew by more th … | Continue reading
Last month, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave her last annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament before the EU elections next year. It was – naturally - a speech that looked to past achievements as much as future directions - … | Continue reading
Prof. Dr. Norbert Huber has joined the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) as new vice president in October. Previously, he was director of the Institute of Materials Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and at the same time taught as a university professor … | Continue reading
The EIB and Hungary’s Development Bank MFB signed a €100 million financing agreement to support energy efficiency investments and renewable energy projects. The operation highlights EIB's commitment to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as the energy securi … | Continue reading
Regional SME clusters of innovation across the UK, backed by up to £75m, will boost local economies and pioneer game-changing solutions from healthcare to net zero. Regional small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) clusters of world-class innovation across the UK are being backed … | Continue reading
The Urban Governance and Social Innovation Centre of Expertise has been given a new name: Just City. The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) will in the coming years in this Centre of Expertise (CoE) focus on applied research and education related to inequality and th … | Continue reading
Researchers from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, together with groups from the CSIC and the UCM, have added a new function to a protein thanks to computational methods. Every year, around 400 million tons of plastics are produced worldwide, a number that increases by around … | Continue reading
Although more than four years away, the public debate has already begun regarding the structure and orientation of the EU’s next Framework Programme for Research. On February 12, Science|Business will convene a series of in-depth workshops and debates, exclusively for members of … | Continue reading
The new head of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) has warned against introducing a Canada-style vetting system for research links with China, stressing that collaboration decisions should be ultimately made by academics. The extent of risky German academic collaboration with C … | Continue reading
Innovate UK joins forces with LifeArc and Medicines Discovery Catapult to accelerate early-stage innovation in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Innovate UK and medical research organisation LifeArc, have each invested £15 million in PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficac … | Continue reading
The London Social Venture Fund is led by UCL and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and will launch this autumn. The initiative will lay the foundations for a self-sustaining social venture fund, providing early funding for new London startups pursuing a social goal. The init … | Continue reading
The University of Warwick is a lead delivery partner on the £14 million West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA). The project is focused on addressing the challenges of bringing new medical and healthcare technologies into the UK market. It aims to unite key play … | Continue reading
The UT is launching nine public-private research projects in collaboration with Holland High Tech, the High-Tech Systems and Materials top sector (TKI HTSM). Together with Holland High Tech and industrial partners, the university invests 11.7 million in research ranging from inno … | Continue reading
Press conference on the outcome of the vote on Parliament's position on the 2024 EU budget. From left to right: MEP Siegfried Mureşan, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, MEP Nils Ušakovs. Photo: Alain Rolland / European Union The European Parliament is ready for tough … | Continue reading
The new capital is provided by KU Leuven Research & Development (LRD) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), whose contribution is supported under the European Commission’s InvestEU initiative, as well as by the Gemma Frisius Fund (GFF). It will be used to transform groundbreaki … | Continue reading
Owning intellectual property (IP) rights significantly boosts the ability of start-ups to raise funds, according to a new report from the EU Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office. Start-ups are 2.5 times more likely to obtain seed funding after filing for a … | Continue reading
We cannot be naïve: rising pressure from Western governments in recent years to toughen research security was bound to affect science and universities – and the data show that’s indeed happening. Risk profiling, screening and export control are starting to have effects: for examp … | Continue reading
Irregularities have been discovered in grants distributed by Poland's National Centre for Research and Development. Photo: Kamil Tracz / Flickr Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has reported finding “numerous irregularities” in the distribution of grants by the National Centre … | Continue reading
There is a push from certain EU member states for Horizon Europe’s Widening measures to be opened to regions across the continent, rather than focussed on specific member states as is now the case. There have been no formal discussions about such a shift, but several EU diplomat … | Continue reading
Donald Tusk, leader of the Civic Coalition (KO), is in pole position to be Poland's next prime minister following Sunday's election. Photo: Donald Tusk / Twitter (X) Academics in Poland say the election result could help research and higher education move towards a greater degree … | Continue reading
The European Research Council (ERC) and European Innovation Council (EIC) have pushed back four call application deadlines after warnings from Israeli applicants that they need more time, given the impact of Hamas’s attack on the country. Earlier this week, Israeli researchers t … | Continue reading
Eureka is the world’s biggest public network for international cooperation in R&D and innovation. Since 1985, national and regional ministries and funding agencies in our network have supported the R&D of over 7,000 ground-breaking commercialised innovations that have positively … | Continue reading
Jonathan Stamler, president of the Harrington Discovery Institute Nothing is easy about developing treatments for rare diseases. Patient populations are small, research funding scarce and markets limited. Yet almost all therapies that do emerge will need some form of commercialis … | Continue reading
MEPs are calling on the EU Council to fulfil its promises on strategic autonomy, after voting through their negotiating position on the Strategic Technologies for European Platform (STEP) in Strasbourg today. MEPs are requesting a further €3 billion from national budgets to add t … | Continue reading
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first announced the New European Bauhaus initiative in 2021. Photo: European Union EU member states aren’t sold on the European Commission’s idea of turning the New European Bauhaus into a Horizon Europe Mission, several EU diplo … | Continue reading
A view of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Photo: Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Facebook Israeli scientists have described how Hamas’s attack on the country has all but brought research to a standstill, with researchers now called up for a military assault on Gaza. With ma … | Continue reading
MEP Tsvetelina Penkova. Photo: Mathieu Cugnot / European Union MEPs are calling for the creation of a comprehensive start-up and scale-up strategy based on a new definition of this type of company that takes account of the particular problems they face. Current legislation relati … | Continue reading
Research teams encouraged to bid for a share of £32m for AI projects and a further £5m committed to feasibility studies into pioneering ideas. In the run up to the UK’s hosting of the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, the Secretary of State for Science, … | Continue reading
EIB Vice-President Czerwińska expressed the Bank’s continuing support for the enlargement process and economic convergence of the Western Balkan region. EIB Global is set to increase its financial and technical support for renewables, energy efficiency and energy distribution and … | Continue reading
A new, three-year CERN-based programme will make quantum computing resources and technical expertise available to projects designed to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new programme is called the Open Quantum Institute (OQI). Hosted by CERN, the OQI has … | Continue reading
Feeding ten billion people by 2050 will be a formidable challenge. Especially considering that 10% of the world’s population is already hungry today and that around 30% is malnourished. And to achieve zero hunger – as set out in United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 – tha … | Continue reading
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's presentation of its roadmap on a circular bioeconomy in Brussels on September 20, 2023, reflected the shared commitment of Fraunhofer experts and EU stakeholders to achieve a sustainable, competitive, and bioeconomic future. As Peter Wehrheim (Head of Un … | Continue reading
The European Commission’s research and innovation chief Marc Lemaître. Photo: Christophe Licoppe / European Union The European Commission’s research and innovation chief Marc Lemaître says it’s time to begin the conversation on the next EU research programme, which is due to star … | Continue reading
Swiss voters will go to the polls on October 22 as the country’s scientists endure another year locked out of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme. In May 2021, Swiss leaders walked away from negotiations to agree a new overarching deal between Brussels and … | Continue reading
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings list published in September had a notable absence: a regular in the top 100, Utrecht University had withdrawn, citing concerns about the rankings’ emphasis on scoring and competition. The move comes at a time when there are a … | Continue reading
The Biden Administration is planning a campaign to attract Russian scientists and engineers to the US, in an effort to further weaken Russia’s science and technology base. It also plans to help Russian physicists at the CERN nuclear lab continue working there, rather than return … | Continue reading
Nobel prize winner Edvard Moser is calling on EU officials not to undervalue the critical role early-stage science has played in paving the way for the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines this past year. | Continue reading
Industries that rely on physics expertise contribute more to the EU economy than financial services or retail, according to a new study. | Continue reading
Around the world, excitement about artificial intelligence (AI) is spurring new investment, companies, labs, products – and plenty of work for those trying to figure out how to regulate it internationally. | Continue reading
European universities are paying more than one billion euros per year for access to journals run by the leading science publishers, according to a new survey from the European University Association (EUA) of ‘big deal’ contracts for access to large bundles of journals. The survey … | Continue reading