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Agreements include commitment to accelerating development of safe and responsible artificial intelligence

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Global Food Security Summit in London hears of plans for new virtual research centre

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Ethiopia-based facility to expand pathogen research and epidemiology in Africa

More of the world’s most referenced researchers are now based in mainland China

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Research expenditure barely reached half the target set in 2018 before the Covid outbreak

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US launches AI safety institute, mirroring UK announcement, with nations agreeing to research network

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A “cold, hard look at yourself” is necessary before a Consolidator Grant bid, advises winner

Nancy Olivieri and Chelsea Polis win 2023 Maddox prizes for standing up for their research

Solar-panel recycling and nuclear fusion among joint R&D programmes given green light

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Labour conference: Party promises refreshed approach but stops short of returning to former spending level

Officials talk us through updates to the European Research Council’s funding calls for 2024

Trio share 2023 Nobel Prize for discovery and manufacture of ‘quantum dots’

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier share prize for contributing to study of electrons

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman’s work was vital for vaccine development during Covid pandemic

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Horizon Europe pilot scheme participants describe their experiences

European countries dominate 2023 Wipo ranking, with Switzerland, Sweden and UK also in top five

Countries behind Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory pledge about €30 million to start construction next year

The European learned society’s small grants can start big things

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The British Academy’s International Interdisciplinary Research Projects programme prioritises early career researchers

At high-level talks in Beijing, Commission stresses “respect of universal human rights” in artificial intelligence