This is a time of extraordinary disruption around the world, in many different ways. A number of the disruptors have ...

Commission opens consultation on European Biotech Act European Commission launches call for evidence on ERA Act Thirty ...

Most people don’t give standards a second thought. But in everyday life, standards are of great importance. They make a light ...

The EU science policy world is still digesting last month’s proposals for the next €175 billion Framework Programme, plans that have set in motion years of haggling over budgets, regulation clauses ...

A new European research project is exploring whether the same fibre-optic cables that carry our internet could also serve as real-time sensors for hidden damage in infrastructure, including bridges, ...

Imperial’s Professor Michele Dougherty will be the first woman to hold this position since its creation.Michele Dougherty, Professor of Space Physics in Imperial's Department of Physics, has been ...

The first half of 2025 saw Brussels consumed by a debate over the future of the EU’s research and innovation programme, which ended with a legislative proposal that quenched long-running rumours of ...

So far, 2025 has seen a flurry of policy initiatives as the new European Commission got down to work. August offers a moment to pause and reflect ahead of a busy autumn. Here, we list some of the key ...

Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands have each secured more EU funding for Horizon Europe innovation projects since 2021 than the 15 Widening countries combined. These countries, mostly ...

The integration of researchers from the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Horizon Europe is progressing, but policymakers still have no clear picture of their contribution to collaborative ...

AI in science: is it useful? AI in science: is it useful? While advances have produced breakthrough tools like AlphaFold, AI is unlikely to be revolutionary, and may drown scientists in low quality ...