Indra Group USA will complement its 78,000-sq.-ft. facility in Kansas City with an additional investment to expand its manufacturing capacity with a new facility to meet the needs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)The facilities will serve as an Indra Center of Excellen … | Continue reading
The University of Oulu and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance joint research in future communication technologies, including 6G and beyond, quantum communications, robotics, and situation awareness.The agreement was… Re … | Continue reading
A new form of CAR T-cell therapy has recently made headlines after a patient in a clinical trial became cancer-free in record time. The treatment was developed at the Karolinska ATMP Center, a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, and man … | Continue reading
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the University of Birmingham (UoB) are continuing their successful strategic research partnership. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), originally signed in 2018, has been extended and will continue to serve as … | Continue reading
From left to right: Lina Gálvez (S&D), Dan Nica (S&D), Christian Ehler (EPP), Eszter Lakos (EPP) and René Repasi (S&D). Photo credits: European Union Eurosceptic MEPs from left and right-wing groups are protesting the way legislative files on research and innovation have been sh … | Continue reading
EU research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva (left) and Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president for technological sovereignty, security and democracy (right), at the AI In Science Summit 2025 in Copenhagen. Photo credits: Sergei Gapon / European Union This week, the EU kicked … | Continue reading
Photo credits: melis / BigStock The UK’s failure to scale-up its science and technology companies is causing its economy to “bleed to death,” according to a scathing https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/193/science-and-technology-c…… Read more here | Continue reading
By signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Illumina, a global leader in sequencing technology, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have taken another major step in advancing genomic and pre … | Continue reading
The University of Twente, together with other Dutch universities and university medical centres, has signed the manifesto Think Green, Act Green (Duurzaam denken, duurzaam doen). With this step, the University endorses the call from the Dutch Young Academy and the Green Young Aca … | Continue reading
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) will participate this week in the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC25), the leading international event on smart cities, with a program focused on digital twins and the role of supercomputing … | Continue reading
Photo credits: ShamimHR / BigStock The results of a public consultation on the forthcoming EU Innovation Act have been released by the European Commission, along with an outline of the expected scope of the legislation.The act, which is due to be presented in the first quarter… … | Continue reading
Max Planck President Patrick Cramer during his speech at the ceremonial opening of the first three Dioscuri Centres in the Czech Republic. Photo credits: René Volfík / Max Planck Society Since 2019, Germany’s Max Planck Society has been quietly funding new centres of scientific … | Continue reading
The Government building of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade. Photo credits: only_point_five / Flickr A damming European Parliament resolution on the state of democracy in Serbia has strongly condemned the government for curtailing academic freedom in the country. It calls on t … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Sergey Nivens / BigStock On October 28, research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva promised to embed research security in EU law. In doing so,… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
French economist Philippe Tibi. Photo credits: Direction générale du Trésor The economist behind a French initiative that mobilised €13 billion in private savings to fund technological innovation believes the same is possible at European level, if investors are given the confide … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock Eureka, which defines itself as the world’s largest public network for international cooperation in research and innovation, is supporting a new joint call with Japan to strengthen global partnerships in industrial R&D and drive technological bre … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Freshpixel / BigStock Principles intended to make research data findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable (Fair) have gained increasing traction since they were endorsed by the G20 nations in 2016. Yet scientists still find their practical application a ch … | Continue reading
Photo credits: -Vladimir- / BigStock The EU’s Innovation Fund is set to invest €2.9 billion in 61 projects in its newest funding round for net-zero technology deployment.The projects will focus on energy-intensive industries, renewable energy and energy storage, net-zero mobilit … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Christophe Licoppe / European Union Initiatives to bolster research security in the EU, advanced by the European Commission on October 28, will soon filter down to researchers setting up projects. These include a due diligence platform to support researchers in as … | Continue reading
Climate crisis, energy transition… Such global challenges are central to a new form of cooperation established by the CNRS with leading universities in Tokyo, São Paulo, and Chicago, in the form of six International Research Centres. Their presidents met at the CNRS headquarters … | Continue reading
Climate crisis, energy transition… Such global challenges are central to a new form of cooperation established by the CNRS with leading universities in Tokyo, São Paulo, and Chicago, in the form of six International Research Centres. Their presidents met at the CNRS headquarters … | Continue reading
Two KTH projects in the field of nuclear energy have received over SEK 50 million from the Swedish Energy Agency. The money will be used to build a research laboratory and a knowledge platform for the nuclear power of the future."It's about building new infrastructure that we don … | Continue reading
Photo credits: MUBIL Across Europe, sustainable mobility is advancing at a fast pace, driven by the decarbonisation and digitalisation of transport. Yet not every region has the infrastructure, talent and collaborative ecosystem needed to lead this transformation. The… Read mor … | Continue reading
The Arctic area is one of the hot spots of climate change. The Nordic Cryosphere Digital Twin (NOCOS DT) project developed sea ice research tools tailored to the unique conditions of the Nordic, Baltic and Arctic regions, and contributed to the development of a global climate cha … | Continue reading
Marine ecosystems are undergoing rapid transformations driven by human pressures and climate change. To understand how these forces reshape the seafloor, researchers from the University of Gothenburg’s Tjärnö Marine Laboratory analysed 26 years of underwater video recordings from … | Continue reading
Photo credits: engin akyurt / Unsplash Germany has officially launched a new strategy to take the country to the cutting edge in several technological fields, including fusion nuclear energy, biotechnology and low-emissions transport. The €18 billion plan, funded in part by an… … | Continue reading
Eureka is the world’s largest public network consisting of 47 countries and the European Commission as members, empowering companies with funding for international cooperation in research, development, and innovation. Since 1985, the governments and public funding agencies within … | Continue reading
Sylvie Briand, chief scientist of the World Health Organization. Photo credits: Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator / Flickr In May, after more than three years of negotiations, health diplomats at the World Health Organization agreed a new WHO Pandemic Agreement. This aims … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Leiada Krözjhen / Unsplash Universities are taking a pragmatic approach to the EU’s new focus on competitiveness, according to a report from the European University Association (EUA). They not only embrace the bloc’s new economic priorities, but see a chance to be … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Alexander Van Steenberge / Unsplash New laws on research security are to be included in the forthcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act,… Read more here | Continue reading
EU research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva, participating in the High-level Meeting with potential investors on the Scaleup Europe Fund. Photo credits: Frédéric Garrido-Ramirez / European Union The European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a group of private … | Continue reading
At the EU-Western Balkans Investment Forum taking place in Tirana this week, the European Commission, GÉANT, and 4iG Group… Read more here | Continue reading
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft welcomes the official launch of the German government’s High-Tech Agenda and sees it as a strong signal that innovation policy is being prioritized. Today's launch marks the start of the urgently needed rapid implementation of the program, which aims t … | Continue reading
CSC has submitted statements to the Finnish Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee and the Transport and Communications Committee regarding the European Commission’s communication on the AI Continent Action Plan. We are pleased to note that Finland’s position highlights the need … | Continue reading
The CERN Open Science Office has released its inaugural Open Science Report, which reviews the Organization's progress in implementing its Open… Read more here | Continue reading
Handover of the Letter of Intent by the NRF delegation to the QuantERA Coordinator In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis detected quantum phenomena, which had long remained purely theoretical, in large, stable circuits composed of billions of particles, as … | Continue reading
EU research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. Photo credits: European Business Angels Network The upcoming 28th regime should be open to all European companies, not just those considered innovative, according to Ekaterina Zaharieva, the European commissioner for start-ups, resea … | Continue reading
EU research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. Photo credits: European Business Angels Network The European Commission is readying a plan to simplify the task of creating new companies across the EU, but a key player in the process is urging it be opened to all types of companies … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Thufir/BigStock New technologies, such as AI, are developing rapidly and finding their way into every aspect of our lives. To safeguard fundamental human values, such as privacy, justice, sustainability and wellbeing, experts believe the ethical and… Read more he … | Continue reading
German MEP Christian Ehler. Photo credits: European Union Germany’s Christian Ehler has been appointed lead rapporteur to steer the next EU research Framework Programme, FP10, through the European Parliament. The European People’s Party (EPP) MEP will also serve as co-rapporteur … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Bpifrance French public investment bank Bpifrance is calling on the general population to help efforts to increase defence spending and support innovative start-ups, after launching a specialised defence fund on October 14.The Bpifrance Défense fund aims… Subscri … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union Spain is a clear leader when it comes to research and innovation supporting the EU’s green and digital transitions, securing more than 17% of the funding available in Horizon Europe. Since 2021, Horizon Europe has invested €1.44 billion in… Subscri … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock The Lundbeck Foundation is investing in large collaborative projects designed to strengthen interdisciplinary research in neuroscience. The goal is to position Denmark as a global leader in this field.As part of its mission to… Subscribe to read … | Continue reading
FROs hope to create new scientific tools like AlphaFold, which has automated the prediction of protein structures. Photo credits: Burgstedt / BigStock Over the past few years, a new type of institution has entered the scientific scene: focused research organisations (FROs), whic … | Continue reading
Photo credits: AliseFox / BigStock Despite many promises, quantum computing researchers have yet to develop algorithms that can make quantum hardware outperform classical computer systems in a useful way. The European Commission’s view, set out in its Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
Photo credits: Alejandro Garay / Unsplash The research community is in favour of introducing lottery funding to Horizon Europe, as long as the European Commission ensures that the “best” proposals still have the highest chance of winning funds. “The idea of introducing an elemen … | Continue reading
The foundations have been laid for a network that will promote scientific and technological collaboration and improve the use of supercomputing infrastructures across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The plan to advance the design, development, and implementation of the E … | Continue reading
The event featured technologist Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures and one of the world’s foremost deep tech venture builders. Hosted at Entrepreneurs First, in the heart of San Francisco’s startup ecosystem, the event explored how deep tech innovation can drive solutions t … | Continue reading