by ATHENA | Jun 11, 2025 | News
The National Digital Exchange (NDX) is a new digital hub being built to help improve the UK public sector’s procurement of technology. Currently in early development, the hub is set to modernise how the public sector invests £26 billion a year on...
by ATHENA | Jun 11, 2025 | News
The European Commission’s public consultations on the future European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science received strong interestest from the public and the scientific community. In total, 734 responses from 43 countries were received. The Call...
by ATHENA | Jun 10, 2025 | News
One of the UK’s leading quantum computing startups is to be acquired by a US peer in a $1.075bn deal. Quantum computing can solve problems too difficult for normal computers and makes it possible to carry out complex calculations very quickly. Oxford Ionics,...
by ATHENA | Jun 10, 2025 | News
The European Commission published its annual report on EU‘s research and technological development activities and monitoring of the Horizon Europe and Euratom programmes in 2024 under COM/2025/298 on the 6th June 2025. The report provides information on the...
by ATHENA | Jun 9, 2025 | News
Europe has launched a new €55 million initiative aimed at improving the environmental footprint of its semiconductor sector. The three-year GENESIS project (Generate a Sustainable Industry for Semiconductors), led by French research institute CEA-Leti, brings together...
by ATHENA | Jun 6, 2025 | News
Horizon Europe is in for a small boost next year if the European Commission’s proposal to set its budget at €12.97 billion is approved. The proposed budget is €211 million bigger than this year’s. But the increase is all but certain as the budget will have to be...