Marc Lemaître, the new chief of the EU's research directorate takes office today, he will apply his experience in Cohesion policy to promote greater coordination between research funding and regional development funding, increasing the impact of both.

2022 was great for science, from historic space missions to archeological discoveries and plenty to learn in medicine.

Beset by regulatory issues and barriers to international collaboration, the country still faces challenges in commercializing basic research.

Dr Jason Dewhurst talks 'embedding a scientifically inquisitive and analytically curious culture across the Home Office'

On average, researchers' impact dropped by a half to two-thirds over their careers.

Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99% purity and works in air as dry as 4% relative humidity

The European Universities initiative was conceived to develop higher education across the EU, with a tight focus on students and teaching. Higher education institutions from different countries were invited to form alliances and bid for Erasmus + funds to develop joint curricula and boost mobility. But innovation and entrepreneurship increasingly appear in the alliance playbook, particularly when the partners are close to the market.

Europe may be missing out on lucrative new products, start-ups, and even potential unicorns.

Amogy, a startup founded by four MIT grads, has transformed a John Deere into the world's first zero-emission, ammonia-powered tractor.

The EU today launched a pilot project aiming to help regions coordinate regional, national and EU research and innovation policies, and to bridge the many gaps in Europe's fragmented innovation ecosystems.

NSF Engines, a new programme of the US National Science Foundation, aims to spread the tech wealth more broadly across the nation – tackling a regional policy problem common to many countries

The European Innovation Council's (EIC) Accelerator funding for start-ups continues to be held up as the Commission's directorates fight over how to manage the new equity fund. The delays are affecting companies selected to receive 'blended finance' - a mix of grant and equity funding - following the June cut-off date last year, the first under Horizon Europe. But the impact may soon be felt by those next in line, which were selected for funding following the October cut-off.

The unit will instead mimic Finnish and Israeli agencies. But some researchers worry Canada might be too big and regionalized for the scheme to succeed.

EU member states have voted to break the political deadlock that has been holding back the European Innovation Council's (EIC's) 2022 work programme.