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Rising geopolitical tensions and security concerns about emerging critical technologies are reshaping international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI), according to a new OECD report.
Horizon Europe’s push for free inquiry clashes with Egypt’s human rights record, critics say.
Researchers argue overseas training strengthens, rather than weakens, home-country research capacity.
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.
For decades, Western scientists and policymakers dismissed China’s research boom as a matter of quantity over quality. Those days are over. In 2024, China achieved what seemed impossible just a few years ago, overtaking the United States in the number of publications appearing in the world’s most prestigious scientific journals.
Barriers remain in the European Research Area, amid a new push to further integrate the Western Balkans.
These partnerships accelerate neuroscience by enabling researchers to share resources and expertise, as well as generate more relevant and reproducible results. But new federal funding restrictions in the United States are putting such collaborations in jeopardy.
Experts call for African-led platforms and pooled funding to protect scientific visibility.
“Non-binding exploratory talks” with the EU have already started, bringing hope to research sector leaders.
The global focus on what equitable access to and success in higher education means needs to be rebalanced.
Exploratory talks that would lead to Australia associating to Horizon Europe were announced by the European Commission on September 10.
The country is lagging behind the EU and China as a reliable research partner. But this can be fixed.
The country also leads in patent filings and the number of AI researchers.
The European Commission has joined various EU countries to launch an international coalition aimed at raising money and know-how to put science, research and innovation at the core of Ukraine's reconstruction and long-term development.
The US has long been a research powerhouse. After Trump's cuts, other countries are stepping in.
A white paper reveals significant disparities across the world in research integrity training, encompassing access, delivery timing, methodology and understanding.
Donald Trump's cuts to scientific research create anxieties about the accessibility of research data. Scientists worldwide fear websites and data sets hosted in the United States will be deleted or decommissioned.
From astronomy to history, researchers in the Netherlands from all branches of science are feeling the impact of the assault on academic freedom in the United States.
Initiative backed by £50mn in government money comes as US administration seeks to cut funding and suppress research.
Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists.
World’s largest public funder of biomedical research cites national security concerns for move.
