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Having the euro means that many EU countries are no longer in control over their own currencies and the European Central Bank will play a critical role in Europe’s post-coronavirus recovery, says Prof. Stephanie Kelton. Image credit - European Commission

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25 September 2020

Coronavirus recovery: Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

The Covid-19 crisis provides an opportunity to reshape Europe’s economy, conference heard.

Prof. Sunetra Gupta spoke of her hopes for a pan-coronavirus vaccine at the European Research and Innovation Days conference. Image credit - European Commission

Coronavirus outbreak

24 September 2020

We ultimately should be able to make a pan-coronavirus vaccine, says theoretical epidemiologist

'Frontier research' scientists share how they are fighting Covid-19.

Leuven, Belgium won the 2020 €1 million iCapital cash prize. Image credit - Wouter Hagens/ Wikimedia, licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0

Policy

24 September 2020

Leuven named the 2020 European capital of innovation

The Belgian city won the €1 million iCapital cash prize, while runner-up prizes went to Cluj-Napoca, Espoo, Helsingborg, Vienna and Valencia.

Policy | 25 September 2020

Coronavirus recovery: Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

The Covid-19 crisis provides an opportunity to reshape Europe’s economy, conference heard.

Coronavirus outbreak | 24 September 2020

We ultimately should be able to make a pan-coronavirus vaccine, says theoretical epidemiologist

'Frontier research' scientists share how they are fighting Covid-19.

Policy | 24 September 2020

Leuven named the 2020 European capital of innovation

The Belgian city won the €1 million iCapital cash prize, while runner-up prizes went to Cluj-Napoca, Espoo, Helsingborg, Vienna and Valencia.

A cancer vaccine needs to tackle the dual issues of cancers being able to hide from the immune system and suppress our immune defences. Image credit - Municipalidad de Córdoba/Flickr, licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Interview | 23 September 2020

Q&A: ‘Cancer vaccines will not replace surgery or chemo but could give long-lasting immunity’

Dr Madiha Derouazi has won a 2020 EU Women Innovators award.

Following the mission reports handover to Commissioner Gabriel, a final decision on how they can be implemented is expected by the end of 2020. Image credit - European Commission

Policy | 22 September 2020

Proposals for Europe’s bold 10-year R&I missions officially handed to Commissioner Gabriel

The next step is to decide how missions will become reality.

Dr Madiha Derouazi, CEO, Amal Therapeutics

Interview | 23 September 2020

'The vaccine will never work alone. It will not replace surgery or chemotherapy.'

Dr Madiha Derouazi has won a 2020 EU Women Innovators award.

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Taking stock: Where next for research?

In September, we look at how European research is being reshaped by coronavirus and its role in Europe's recovery.

Policy | 22 September 2020

Proposals for Europe’s bold 10-year R&I missions officially handed to Commissioner Gabriel

The next step is to decide how missions will become reality.

Genetics, such as gene called ApoE, and environment are risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. New research is trying to understand their exact effects. Image credit - www.pikist.com/licenced under CC0

Health | 21 September 2020

Focusing on cause, not effect, could unblock Alzheimer’s research, scientists hope

We still do not know what triggers Alzheimer’s disease.

CureVac began testing its mRNA vaccine candidate in people in mid-June and will shortly proceed to the next phase of trials. Image credit - Picture alliance/dpa

Coronavirus outbreak | 18 September 2020

‘So far, so good’: The view from inside a coronavirus vaccine trial

Horizon spoke to CureVac’s vaccine trial lead developer Dr Lidia Oostvogels.

One of the open issues around connected and automated vehicles is that the data shared by cars could reveal personal information about the driver. Image credit - Rudy and Peter Skitterians/Pixabay, licensed under the Pixabay licence

Transport | 18 September 2020

Five things to know about: making self-driving cars safe

To prove computer-driven cars are safer than human-driven ones, testing needs to happen in riskier environments.

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the fragility of our food systems and provided an opportunity to think about how to change them. Image credit - www.pxhere.com/licenced under CC0

Coronavirus outbreak | 15 September 2020

Post-coronavirus, how can we achieve food justice?

With the pandemic revealing the weaknesses in our food system, we asked experts and activists how to improve it.

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Big data, big problems?

This week, the Naked Scientists explore the limits of automation and whether we’re losing our free will.

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The global emergency plan to save freshwater species

WWF scientists and other experts outline six strategies.

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According to Prof. Bekeredjian-Ding, an approved mRNA coronavirus vaccine would be easier and faster to produce and thus deploy worldwide than a conventional vaccine. Image credit - Unsplash/Liliya Lisa

Five things you need to know about: mRNA vaccines

We ultimately should be able to make a pan-coronavirus vaccine, says theoretical epidemiologist

Leuven named the 2020 European capital of innovation

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Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine | European Commission

Coronavirus recovery: Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

We ultimately should be able to make a pan-coronavirus vaccine, says theoretical epidemiologist

Leuven named the 2020 European capital of innovation

Coronavirus recovery: Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

We ultimately should be able to make a pan-coronavirus vaccine, says theoretical epidemiologist

Leuven named the 2020 European capital of innovation

Q&A: ‘Cancer vaccines will not replace surgery or chemo but could give long-lasting immunity’

Proposals for Europe’s bold 10-year R&I missions officially handed to Commissioner Gabriel

'The vaccine will never work alone. It will not replace surgery or chemotherapy.'

Taking stock: Where next for research?

Policy | 22 September 2020

Proposals for Europe’s bold 10-year R&I missions officially handed to Commissioner Gabriel

Health | 21 September 2020

Focusing on cause, not effect, could unblock Alzheimer’s research, scientists hope

‘So far, so good’: The view from inside a coronavirus vaccine trial

Five things to know about: making self-driving cars safe

Post-coronavirus, how can we achieve food justice?

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Big data, big problems?

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The global emergency plan to save freshwater species

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