Photo: National Human Genome Research Institute / Flickr The US has announced it will move to toughen up controls on DNA synthesis companies after a series of warnings that terrorists or even maverick scientists could order the building blocks of a new pandemic-causing pathogen. … | Continue reading
Europe’s Strategic Energy Technology (SET) plan to bring countries and companies together to develop technologies that will drive the transition to clean energy needs more political visibility and clout, according to Ivan Matejak, operations manager at the European Energy Researc … | Continue reading
With “a double-digit percentage” increase in its budget, the European Space Agency (ESA) could put an astronaut on the moon within a decade, according to the agency’s director general, Josef Aschbacher. ESA’s budget is currently around €7 billion per year, with two thirds coming … | Continue reading
Both the European Research Council (ERC) and COST contribute to the free flow of ideas and researchers in Europe, welcoming individuals regardless of their scientific field, career status, and country of origin. The ERC focuses on excellence, supporting both research and research … | Continue reading
Are you aspiring to join a rapidly expanding prestigious university, determined to enhance its influence and impact at the European level? The University of Lorraine, present throughout the Lorraine region (including the two metropolises of Metz and Nancy and 10 cities and urban … | Continue reading
The Research Council of Finland has selected the Finnish Quantum Flagship to its flagship programme. CSC is a partner in this flagship initiative, coordinated by Aalto University. CSC is strongly involved in building a national and international quantum computing ecosystem, where … | Continue reading
Today at the McGill Genome Centre, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced a $15M investment over five years to create a Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL), which will allow for easier sharing of genomic data across the country, and aid in the development of a … | Continue reading
To kick-start the new Research Priority Area (RPA) of the Faculty of Science in "Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Molecules and Materials" (AI4SMM), four projects have just been launched. Combining the Faculty’s strengths in computer science and sustainability research, AI … | Continue reading
In the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, there exists a profound belief in the transformative power of collaboration. This belief holds true at CERN, where cutting-edge technologies are developed for accelerators, detectors and computing through international collabora … | Continue reading
A special member state task force set up to help shape framework programme 10 (FP10), has compiled the first draft of an opinion that is due by June next year. The documents, seen by Science|Business, set out in broad strokes the member states’ ideas for FP10, including a call fo … | Continue reading
Antoine Petit, chairman and CEO of the French national centre for scientific research, CNRS EU’s next framework programme for research and innovation should have more funding available for basic research, says Antoine Petit, chairman and CEO of the French national centre for scie … | Continue reading
EU plans to shorten the regulatory data protection for new medicines will reduce investment in R&D and stifle innovation, Stefan Woxström, senior vice president of AstraZeneca Europe and Canada, has warned. “Of course, that will play a role when companies are looking into where t … | Continue reading
Not using a numerical scoring system to review research grant proposals has little impact on the way that evaluators carry out their written assessment and the final outcome of the review, a new study has found. The analysis compared proposal evaluations under the Innovative Tra … | Continue reading
Today at the Global Gateway Forum, the European Investment Bank signed the €40 million investment grant provided by the European Commission with GÉANT, coordinator of the European National Research and Education Network and AFR-IX, who will be executing the infrastructure project … | Continue reading
The Supervisory Board has appointed Patrick Groothuis vice president of TU/e with effect from November 1, thereby making the TU/e Executive Board complete again. The new vice president comes from within the organization and is thoroughly familiar with TU/e. Groothuis (1972) has b … | Continue reading
KU Leuven and the University of Melbourne (UoM) have signed a new agreement during the Belgian Economic Mission in Australia which will further deepen their existing research collaboration. Between 2021 and 2023, the universities already jointly invested €10 million in joint rese … | Continue reading
RIKEN and Fujitsu have collaborated to develop a new 64-qubit superconducting quantum computer at the RIKEN RQC- Fujitsu Collaboration Center. The new quantum computer, which leverages the technology developed by RIKEN and a consortium of joint research partners including Fujitsu … | Continue reading
33 leading international partners, supported by the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), have teamed up to launch the research consortium iCARE4CVD to better understand cardiovascular disease and optimise future prevention and treatment. By creating one database consisting of data … | Continue reading
Photo: ClearSpace At the beginning of October, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its first-ever fine to a satellite operator that had failed to move defunct hardware to a ‘graveyard orbit’ as agreed. The $150,000 makes it clear the FCC has the authority and ca … | Continue reading
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