A “National Knowledge Security Platform,” a “Strategic Dialogue Forum” at the National Security Council and “Innovation Hubs” for research with potential military applications – these are just some of the recommendations from the German Science and Humanities Council (WR) latest position paper “Science and Security in Times of Global Political Upheaval.” Wolfgang Wick, Chairman of […]
The EU Commission has published a draft regulation that would soften the exclusively civilian focus of the Horizon Europe research program. Among other things, it wants to enable the European Innovation Council (EIC) to support dual-use technologies. Dual-use technologies can be used for both civilian and military purposes.The Commission also wants to provide the EIC […]
The Office of Technology Assessment of the German Bundestag (TAB) has examined the potential and challenges of nuclear fusion in a recent study. The result: fusion power plants can only be expected in the second half of the century. Whether they will then be able to make a significant contribution to electricity generation is questionable, […]
In absolute figures, Germany is the fourth most important host country for international students worldwide. There were just under 380,000 in 2021 – the majority of them from outside the EU. Just over 40,000 of them came from China.One important reason for many is the fact that studying in Germany is free. While tuition fees […]
The Commissioner-designate for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva, also had to answer questions from MEPs on Tuesday. The former Bulgarian Foreign Minister is to be responsible for areas that play an important role in Europe’s future capacity for innovation. Accordingly, she wants to place research and development at the “heart of the competitiveness agenda”, […]
On Monday, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office informed about the arrest of three suspects accused of working for the Chinese intelligence service. Thomas R. is said to have acquired information on technologies that could be used militarily, through the efforts of Herwig F. and Ina F. and their company.There are now indications that the company in […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s statements during his visit to Tongji University in Shanghai sounded different from many of the statements made by Germany’s Research Minister. During the COVID crisis, contacts had declined significantly, which was not good, Scholz said in China. He advocated a return to greater scientific exchange and said talks and reciprocal visits should […]
Now that Great Britain is rejoining Horizon Europe via an association, all eyes are turning towards Bern. There, Switzerland’s isolation is now even more palpable as a result of the deal with the British. Michael Schaepmann, rector of the University of Zurich, fears negative consequences for the country: “The British will now focus on participation […]
The British government has announced in a press release the extension of support for Horizon Europe applicants. British scientists can now continue to participate in the EU research program until the end of September. The British would like to achieve an association with Horizon Europe and are currently negotiating the conditions with the EU. The […]
The European citizens’ initiative “Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe Without Animal Testing” made it with 1.2 million signatures: the Commission and Parliament must deal with it. But while the demand for a tightening of the ban on animal testing for cosmetics or chemicals is hardly controversial, the demand for a gradual […]