Sarah Scott is a freelance journalist and Acting Trustee for the UK charity MCS-Aware, which supports people with environmental illness. Here, she discusses potential health threats inherent in the rapidly growing global reliance on wireless technology and why more research is urgently needed to better understand the effects of EMF exposure.
The European Commission’s new Apply AI Strategy has officially recognised the EIT AI Community’s AI Founders Club as a model initiative for building a stronger, more connected landscape for AI entrepreneurship across Europe.
An Ipsos–FSC survey finds global concern for climate change and forest protection dropping sharply in 2025, with war and conflict now the world’s top worry.
Access to sexual and reproductive health care is set to improve across England due to a new Online Sexual Health Services Framework Agreement, designed to make it easier for NHS organisations and local authorities to deliver digital sexual health services.
NHS England has released its new Medium Term Planning Framework, calling on providers to prioritise digital transformation, including full adoption of the NHS App and the Federated Data Platform, to modernise infrastructure and improve patient access.
Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a vast nebula, dubbed the “cosmic bat,” spreading its crimson wings 10,000 light-years away. This massive stellar nursery, captured by ESO's VST, glows as newborn stars ignite gas and dust.
The NAO warns that home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities has become one of the fastest-growing cost pressures for councils in England.
The UK government has announced its new climate and energy strategy that promises to boost investment, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and deliver cleaner air and lower energy bills for households.
The fourth meeting of the EU–Armenia Joint Research and Innovation (R&I) Committee under Horizon Europe took place in Yerevan, Armenia, on 23 October 2025, marking another step forward in strengthening scientific and technological collaboration between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia.
A new report by the Nuffield Trust finds that one in four district nurses left the NHS in the past year, putting plans to shift more care into the community at serious risk.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published a new framework signalling a significant overhaul of how rare disease treatments are tested, approved, and delivered in the UK.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is increasing its commitment to helping local Government address the climate crisis with an additional £180,000 investment in the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Sustainability Improvement Programme (SIP).
A recent study reviews the major photonics breakthroughs of 2024, focusing on a team’s pioneering work to couple free electrons with nonlinear optical states in integrated microresonators, unlocking new potential for advanced electron control and imaging.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Board has expressed strong support for the European Commission’s proposal to expand the EIC as part of the upcoming 10th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10).
Brain disorders pose a significant global health challenge that demands a strong, united response. To tell us what a unified framework that supports an integrated approach to mental and neurological health looks like, we reached out to the European Brain Council (EBC), a network of key stakeholders in the field of brain health.
As artificial intelligence (AI) and brain technologies develop at a breathtaking speed, scientists are warning that one of the oldest and most important questions in science remains unanswered: what is consciousness?
