Boon or burden: what has the EU ever done for science?

21 June '16

Nature examines five core ways that the European Union shapes the course of research.

More than 500 million people and 28 nations make up the European Union. It will lose one of its richest, most populous members, if the United Kingdom votes to leave on 23 June. Ahead of a possible ‘Brexit’, Nature examines five core ways that the EU shapes the course of research.