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Elsevier to acquire video-based patient care company Mytonomy12.March Acquisition to expand Elsevier’s portfolio of advanced healthcare solutions with enterprise cloud platform, broadcast quality video and end-to-end patient journey engagement Elsevier today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mytonomy , a… Read more here Indra Group and engineering consultancy Tresca sign collaboration agreement on new drone factory12.March Indra has signed a memorandum of understanding with León‑based engineering consultancy Tresca to incorporate the company into its global supply chain and leverage its product and development capabilities both in Spain and internationally. Among the first collaboration opportunities… Read more here Max Planck announces new school for biomedical AI12.March On 9 February 2026, the extended steering committee of the Max Planck Schools made the final selection from the proposals submitted for the fourth Max Planck School, which will focus on artificial intelligence. In response to the 2025 call for proposals, three short concept papers were submitted… Read more here BSC becomes the first Spanish institution to join Europe’s leading earthquake analysis consortium12.March The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is now part of the international scientific network that develops reference models used to assess seismic risk across Europe, marking the first participation of both a Spanish institution and a supercomputing centre in the consortium Read more here Ocean data must be shared and reused, not filed away, say experts12.March Photo credits: David Clode / Unsplash Too much ocean research data is inaccessible and fragmented, whereas it could be shared and reused to better protect the environment and boost the economy. This was one of the messages to emerge from the World Ocean Summit, a high-level meeting of policymakers and scientists… Read more here The big read: Is the shift to private R&D holding back growth?12.March Amazon now spends substantially more on R&D than the German state. Photo credits: bennymarty / BigStock In 2020, an extraordinary threshold was crossed in the world of research and development. For the first time since records began … Read more here EU considers model contracts for academic researchers12.March Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva responded to MEPs’ questions on the upcoming ERA Act. Photo credits: Fred Marvaux / European Union The European Commission is exploring the feasibility of issuing model employment contracts for European researchers, to support mobility and make careers in research more attractive. The model contracts would offer “a common reference that institutions could… EU pushes for joint science diplomacy, but care needed to avoid gridlock, experts say12.March From left to right: António Costa, president of the European Council; Narendra Modi, Indian prime minister; and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. Photo credits: Frédéric Sierakowski / European Union The European Commission has put forward a new framework Read more here Applications flood in for first EIC Advanced Innovation Challenge call12.March Photo credits: digitalista / BigStock A new funding stream opened up by the European Innovation Council (EIC) has received so much interest from applicants that only 2.8% of bids are likely to be funded. The EIC Advanced Innovation Challenge is modelled on the approach of the… Read more here European universities brace for disruption to Gulf campuses12.March Tehran, Iran. Photo credits: Sajad Nori / Unsplash European universities with branch campuses in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi are on high alert as the war between the US, Israel and Iran spills out across the Persian Gulf. Some have already taken measures to ensure the safety of students and staff without disrupting teaching.… Read more here Predicting the future - one patent citation at a time12.March Photo credits: GetFocus What if it were possible to predict with near certainty which technologies will win, which will lose and when? That sounds like science fiction, but is exactly the promise of GetFocus , a… Read more here Human Values and Grand Challenges: SSAH Contributions to European Transformations and Resilience12.March Human values, such as dignity, freedom, equality and justice, are at the core of the EU and the European way of life. European innovation, to be successful, therefore must be based on these values, not on technological and economic progress alone. Climate change, poverty, the… Read more here HR policies at CEE research institutes good on paper but lack implementation, report finds11.March Eliška Handlířová, author of the HR study Research institutions in central and eastern Europe (CEE) have made strong improvements to their human resource (HR) strategies in recent years, but in many cases implementation of the policies remains patchy, a recent report has found. Read more here Czechia re-organises research activities with new innovation-heavy economic strategy11.March Details of the new economic strategy were presented at a press conference on February 20, with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (centre) in attendance. Photo: Ministry of Industry and Trade Czechia has moved to consolidate its research and innovation activities under a single body and announced a raft of R&D targets as part of a new economic plan. The government hopes this will serve as a basis for lo… |
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