The EU makes the UK a science superpower

Five things to know about UK science and the EU 1. The EU leads the world in science output The EU produces over a third of the world’s scientific output – 34% more than the US and that gap has grown by 4% over the last 6 years according to the latest UNESCO data. Oral evidence given at the ongoing Lords’ inquiry into EU membership and UK science repeatedly features comments that the EU has overtaken the US as the home of “big science”. 2. The EU powers European and global science networking The EU puts 8% of its budget into a multinational science...

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