The European Union is actively participating in renewed negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from August 5 to August 14.
Scientists have found that lupus symptoms improve with age as immune system genes become less active, offering new insight into age-related treatment strategies.
Britain improves its efforts in clean energy as the HyNet carbon capture and storage (CCUS) cluster expands, securing 800 new skilled jobs and bringing the total number of direct roles supported by the project to 2,800 across North Wales and North West England.
Johns Hopkins researchers have grown a multi-region human brain organoid with rudimentary blood vessels and connected neural circuits that mimic fetal brain development.
Researchers have developed a lung cancer treatment that delivers healthy mitochondria to tumours, boosting T cell activity and improving the effectiveness of cisplatin chemotherapy with reduced toxicity.
The European Union is continuing its efforts to fight climate change and restore aquatic ecosystems with 30 projects that have officially signed grant agreements under the Horizon Europe Missions calls.
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation for its upcoming Circular Economy Act. This initiative aims to accelerate the transition to a more circular economy, boosting the EU's resilience and competitiveness. Feedback is open until November 2025.
The UK government has allocated £150 million in Capital Grants to over 8,000 farmers across England, supporting environmental improvements and sustainable farming practices.
A Space Technology Solutions agreement developed by Crown Commercial Service (CCS) in partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will change how the UK public sector receives space-related technologies.
Colin Wheeler, Managing Director at Survey Solutions, describes how the firm assists in implementing comprehensive long surveys or short pulse surveys in high-pressure work environments.
A new partnership between EIT Urban Mobility and the French Innovation Agency for Transport (AIT) has launched the EU-Propel initiative, which is a project designed to scale innovative mobility solutions and tackle the unique challenges of urban transport.
The NHS is starting the world’s first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea, using the 4CMenB meningitis vaccine in high‑risk groups from August 2025.
During the 2025 resident doctors’ strike, the NHS successfully maintained thousands of patient appointments by implementing strategic planning and empowering local healthcare teams to manage resources effectively.
