Business
Health
Russian scientists modified a spruce wood polysaccharide into compounds that slowed blood clotting and showed antioxidant activity in laboratory tests.
WHO launched a yearlong World Health Day 2026 campaign urging governments, scientists and the public to back science, trust evidence and work together.
European Commission allocates 225 million euros via pre-commercial procurement to push next-gen flu vaccines through clinical trials over 98 months.
WHO prequalified Biological E nOPV2 vaccine type 2, adding an India-based maker and widening UN procurement for type 2 outbreak control worldwide now, this week.
Technology
Austria’s patent filings rose sharply in 2025, beating wider European growth as industrial companies and inventors lifted national and EPO applications.
UNESCO urges nations to regulate AI and digital tools in education as new charter promotes equitable access amid funding cuts and rising global inequality risks.
WIPO launched the AI Infrastructure Interchange in Geneva, creating a technical forum on AI and intellectual property with creators, companies and governments.
BMW Group begins Germany’s first in-plant humanoid robot pilot, deploying Hexagon Robotics’ AEON at Leipzig to support battery and component production.
India and Finland launched a strategic partnership focused on digitalisation and sustainability, highlighting cooperation from AI and 6G to clean energy and quantum computing.